Thanks everyone for the reply. On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:58:55 +0100, Bonnel Christophe wrote:
>> It's now the third time that I bumped into such situation. All of sudden I >> suffer from network delay and package lost, can't ping DNS server but can >> ping some IPs that is connecting to my box. >> >> I have suspected my cable, kernel version, etc, etc, and until today, >> after rebooting into Window$ and noticing the warning message, did I >> realize that all above is caused by IP conflict -- there is another box on >> the network using the same IP address as mine. >> >> We know it is definitely because of the malfunctioning of our >> organization's DNS server. But if I report it to our technical services, >> I know for sure that I am the person to be blamed: "Why are you using >> Linux? We are primarily a Window$ shop here. Linux is not supported". >> >> That's the life that I have to live in. I'm wondering if there is anything >> at my end that can prevent/eliminate the problem. > > Don't confuse DHCP and DNS. . . Ops, yeah, I meant DHCP. I'm using DHCP instead of static ip. both under windows and under linux. > As it was said by Douglas, if you have a problem under windows, it is > not a linux problem but a network problem. yes, it is definitely because of the malfunctioning of our organization's DHCP server -- giving the same IP to more than one computers. Or, maybe something else? > Second check, as Douglas said, that the mac address are the same under > the 2 OS . . . I haven't got around to reboot into window$ and check yet. But I believe that they are the same. I'll post immediately if otherwise. > When your problem come back, use the command i gave you (under windows > or under Linux according the case) and report immediatly the information > to the network administrator. At this time, it can search on the network > where the ip address is used from another machine. Can I do that myself from my Linux box? I remember seeing Window$ hacking SW to bomb another box to dead blue screen. How I wish those tools are available under Linux now. :-) > Beware of laws too. In some businesses, if it's windows on all the > machines, it can be a contract and they can't use Linux while the > contract lives. I never heard of such contracts, so weird. Will they get a huge discount tying themselves up like that? -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
