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Old March 30th, 2012, 03:18 PM
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Maddening IP problem

The problem

I have a set of 6 windows machines (BootCamp iMacs, specs below), all with identical hardware, all cloned from the same image, all trying to access a particular server on the same network. Two of the 6 cannot access the server in question:

* ping fails after the first reply
* subsequent pings either fail 100%, or after 10 minutes (or a restart) repeat the previous. This is whether dns name or IP address is used, and adding the server to the local host file makes no difference
* Tracert to the server times out (should be one hop)
* Cannot browse to the server in Windows
* The same applies whether the machine is booted into safe mode or as a Mac
* The server can ping either workstation, and neither workstation has trouble accessing any other network resource.

Initially, one of the machines was able to access a share on the server, the other never was. I wiped the machine and re-imaged it to its original state, and the problem was there right out of the box.

I've done a side-by-side comparison of every hardware component, and they are identical. Likewise the network driver. Performed the following layer 1 troubleshooting:

* Changed the patch cables, Ethernet cards, and Ethernet cards (on the iMacs, used an Ethernet dongle) that both the workstations and the server use to connect to the network.

Workstation:
iMac 2.50GHz Intel Core i5 2400S/4G Ram/500GB HD
Win XP SP3 (BootCamp)
Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet, driver v. 14.6.0.6

Server:
HP Proliant DL-360 G6
4 Quad Xeon X 5550 @ 2.67GHz
Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 5.2.3790 SP1 Build 3790
HP NC382i DP Multifunction Gb Ethernet Server Adapter
Driver version 6.0.32.0

Any help would be appreciated.

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You said they used the same image, are the computer names identical by chance; causing conflict there?

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I'd be asking about what IP addresses and gateways are going on here. How are addresses handed out? Could there be a limit that your DHCP server hands out? Do you have other machines on the network?

So, there are a lot of questions, let's do this; Provide for me the following:

IP addresses
Subnet mask
gateway

do this for EVERY device on the network. Maybe log into the DHCP server (presumably the router) and get the listing of addresses handed out.

Also, I don't know much about the MAC bootcamp stuff, but would both the MAC OS and the Windows OS each boot? Could both be getting an address?
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