Re: [WinMac] IP conflict with itself?

James Rupprecht(jimrupp[at]kuhub.cc.ukans.edu)
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 12:51:08 -0500

At 10:07 PM 10/13/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I've got a PowerMac 7200 that reports an "IP conflict with the machine
>at...", which would be OK except that the hardware address corresponds to
>the machine itself. It's running Open Transport 1.1.2 under Mac OS 7.6.1,
>and it is getting its IP address from a NetWare 4 DHCP server (latest
>version - I think it's revision P).
>
>I tried downing the server, deleting/recreating it in the DHCP tables,
>deleting the AppleShare/ASLM/TCP/IP preferences; the only thing that worked
>was to give it a different IP address on the DHCP server. I'm kinda
>baffled... has anyone else run into this?
>
>TIA,
>
>--
>Debbie Carraway
>Computing Consultant II
>CALS Administrative & Instructional Computing, NC State University
>Phone: (919) 515-5890 Fax: (919) 515-8935
>
>
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There is a tech note which describes a bug in some of the 7200 system
boards whcih causes Ethernet problems. Also, it is possible that you have 2
machines witht he same MAC address.

hth

James Rupprecht
Systems Specialist
Applied English Center
University of Kansas

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