On Sunday 08 December 2002 12:54, Anne Wilson wrote: > I have a table set up on my router with static IP addresses. All the > machines use those static addresses, except the laptop which is set > to get an address from the router. The router has a fixed address > to offer that login, so it works as though it is completely using a > static address, but avoids the problem of the laptop being elsewhere > and causing conflict by having a static address set. > > It sounds crazy to mix and match like this, but seems to cause no > problem. I would certainly recommend static addressing. The main > argument for dhcp in small lans seems to be anonymity on the Internet > - but your router's giving you that.
Exactly. > > Third... if it aint working still... try another PCI-bus. You might > > have a conflict. I had that problem once. I moved the card, and all > > was a bliss. > > Well worth a try. Maybe a conflict, and sometimes some slots just > don't seem to work smoothly, or seem to be picky with playmates. That was what I found. MDK nor the BIOS was telling me all was fine and Windows (yak) worked like a charm, but MDK just wouldn't configure my card. I then tried another card in another slot and all was good. "Huh?" I thought... I then put back my old card in the old slot... problems again. "Aha" I thought... moved the card to the new position and my LAN was up'n'running in no time. -- Martin L. Johansen Carpe Aptenodytes! (Seize the Penguins!) Spam will be forwared to /dev/null ...
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