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Problem with Static IP on New Windows XP Machine

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by sorenson10

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I'm working on a network that has Static IP addresses assigned to all computers. I'm trying to replace an old IBM Desktop running Windows 2000 Professional with a new Dell running Windows XP. I configured networking on the new Dell with the same network info, IP Address, Default Gateway, DNS Servername, even machine name as the old IBM. I'm unable to successfully ping anything other than localhost. I haven't worked with static IPs much but I can't see why I'm having issues, any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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by ssahlas

You mention ping but are you able to access any other tcp/ip resources such as http, smtp etc... I'd look into personal firewall software running on the new machine and disable it if it's running.

by erichartland

If you can ping the localhost but not the default gateway you have a local physical issue. I'd look at the following
1) Link light on the network adapter (or switch) - will tell you if the physical link is up or not

2) Link configuration - does the device your connected to have complementary settings eg. port speed , duplex

3) Are there any security settings on the device your connected to - your new machine presumably has a different MAC address to the old one, so might be blocked

Hope you get sorted

by notsochiguy

Assuming that there is a green light on the NIC indicating you've gotten a physical connection properly established, do you know whether or not you have an IDS (Intrusion Detection System) running on the network?

A severely restricted network could equate same computer name + same IP address + different MAC address as a spoof/hack attempt, in which case, any traffic sent from your PC would be quarantined/rejected (thus, showing up as 'destination host unreachable').

I've had to switch out bad NICs, and have had this happen to me.

Another thought would be to make sure that you have the NIC set to the appropriate network configuration. For example, if your data port supports 100Mbs/Full duplex traffic, specifically configure your NIC for that, as opposed to 'AUTO'. Sometimes, a NIC will get 'lazy', and just negotiate down to 10/HALF, which will sometimes result in less than optimal (or even any) communications.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

by justin

just disable antivirus and firewalls running as long as the hardware is working this should be the only problem

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