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mojo · 03-01-2007, 03:35 PM

Most likely the problem is an IP conflict as others have mentioned, but there is a very far-out possibility of a MAC address conflict if any of the MAC addresses were manually (purposely) changed in the past. This happened when I made a friend's MAC address the same as my currently turned off laptop so he could use the school's resnet for 5 minutes without registering. A couple month's later when I was living with him and very strange network issues started happening, I realized the error of my ways.

03-01-2007, 03:35 PM	#11
mojo Ceiling cat is watching! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,283	Most likely the problem is an IP conflict as others have mentioned, but there is a very far-out possibility of a MAC address conflict if any of the MAC addresses were manually (purposely) changed in the past. This happened when I made a friend's MAC address the same as my currently turned off laptop so he could use the school's resnet for 5 minutes without registering. A couple month's later when I was living with him and very strange network issues started happening, I realized the error of my ways. __________________ ~Matt CCNA