I know enough about networking to be dangerous. I kinda grasp the idea. And I know that it's almost esoteric in nature.
So here's my question:
What would cause a Mac to be sitting idle to display a message that it's IP address has been taken by another user?
We had to renew the DCHP lease to get a new address and the mac had it's connectivity again.
Moments before that happened the Mac hooked up to our plotter did the same thing.
Any ideas as to what's going on? We've been having IP issues for a couple weeks now. Not just the macs, seems everyday there's some sort of conflict we're chasing down.
currently Prepress can't see our server. we are dead in the water. I really should go to the beach today.
Bad switch?
Here's a possible clue. 2 Friday's ago our service was disconnected by comcast, we had it restored about an hour later. This is also when our problems seem to have started.
any info into this would be helpful and a loaded shotgun...thanks.
So here's my question:
What would cause a Mac to be sitting idle to display a message that it's IP address has been taken by another user?
We had to renew the DCHP lease to get a new address and the mac had it's connectivity again.
Moments before that happened the Mac hooked up to our plotter did the same thing.
Any ideas as to what's going on? We've been having IP issues for a couple weeks now. Not just the macs, seems everyday there's some sort of conflict we're chasing down.
currently Prepress can't see our server. we are dead in the water. I really should go to the beach today.
Bad switch?
Here's a possible clue. 2 Friday's ago our service was disconnected by comcast, we had it restored about an hour later. This is also when our problems seem to have started.
any info into this would be helpful and a loaded shotgun...thanks.