Check maybe that game of hosts/lmhosts file(s) , just a hint
Arkady
"NZSchoolTech" <schoolcomputertech[ at ]education.nz> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] >I have a client that says it has an IP address conflict and it lists a Mac
>address that it is conflicting with.
>
> There is an entry in the Arp table for the Mac address and IP address. The
> Mac address is one of our DCs but it has a static IP address that is
> completely different from the address in the Arp table and which is
> conflicting.
>
> There are two DCs, each of which is a DHCP and DNS server. The IP address
> is issued by the other DC, not the one that has the IP address in
> question.
>
> The DC that is reported with the IP address is an Intel server and on
> bootup it automatically gets an IP address from a DHCP server (obviously
> the other one in the network) for the Intel Lan Bios console that it
> always starts up with. I have not been able to disable this feature, which
> appears to be built in to this particular type of server at Bios level.
>
> If it is getting an IP address assigned to it that is in the dynamic range
> of a particular DHCP server, then why is there an issue that the DHCP
> server is trying to reissue the address to another PC and it is still
> entered in the ARP table? Are there any configuration changes I need to
> make to either of the DHCP or DNS servers to make sure the conflicting
> entry is being purged or the address not reissued?
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