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  • January 20, 2004 at 6:57 am #2283989

    XP Pro networking

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    by bmorse · about 18 years, 6 months ago

    I need help… I installed 30 XP Pro computers. I noticed that they were quite slow on the network so i checked their IP’s. DHCP is giving out the same IP for all 30 systems? The IP is a valid IP in my scope (10.6.122.18) but i cannot figure why it is doing this? If i assign static IP’s all is well. I check DHCP on the 2000 server and it registers 10.6.122.18 to one of the 30 systems but does not list any others??? Any ideas??

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    • January 20, 2004 at 7:26 am #2683209

      Get rid of

      by guruofdos · about 18 years, 6 months ago

      In reply to XP Pro networking

      all the static IP addresses!

      Run the network setup wizard and let that do the honours! Create a netsetup floppy and then run that on the machine you have designated as server.

      Works every time 🙂

      • January 20, 2004 at 7:27 am #2683208

        Ooops!

        by guruofdos · about 18 years, 6 months ago

        In reply to Get rid of

        I said server, I meant Internet Gateway!

    • January 21, 2004 at 4:43 am #2682921

      MAC Address…?

      by kiwirick · about 18 years, 6 months ago

      In reply to XP Pro networking

      Here’s a thought – check the MAC address of the NIC’s using IPCONFIG. I saw some new XP machines today and all 6 had a mac address of 00-00-00-00-00-00!
      But they wouldn’t talk to each other at all, let alone slowly….
      Not sure why they are like this. I thought every MAC address is supposed to be a unique number? We gave them a value via the device manager, and it worked….??

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