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Re: Windows XP Madness
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Matthews)
Tue Jan 15 13:17:32 2002
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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 13:12:41 -0500
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From: Daniel Matthews <dcmatthe@KENT.EDU>
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We here at Kent State University have been experiencing alot of WinXP related problems. The one at the forefront is an Issue we've found in Dell Dimension
machines that come with the "Local Area Connection" bridged with a "WAN Adapter". This has caused a problem because when bridged, the MAC address for the
local area connection is "not available" and the MAC for the WAN adapter is the one most often found and reported by the students. Since one person has
registered that erronious MAC in our DHCP we have been getting alot of IP conflicts from Dell Dimension owners who havent even tried to register yet. In order to
find the correct MAC address the bridge must be removed. I wonder if any other Universities have had this problem? If so, please let us know. I wonder why Dell
would choose to ship computers with the adapters bridged? Maybe it has something to do with the manufacture process and the possible use of Ghost?
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Daniel C Matthews
Residential Computer Consultant
Kent State Universiry
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From The Dhammapada
1/15/2002 12:48:32 PM, Patrick Aland <paland@STETSON.EDU> wrote:
>Hey all,
> Seems like the first wave of WindowsXP madness has hit us. We've
>received about 10 calls from people with WinXP that are getting a valid
>DHCP address however are not getting a gateway from DHCP.
>
>For background here is how our system works:
>Student plugs in.
>Switch checks mac address against registration DB and if valid puts them
>in a Student VLAN where they will get a normal Routable IP they can use
>for the net. If they aren't they are put in a regitration vlan where
>they will get a non-routable IP address and any dns looksup resolve to
>a regitration server where they fillout there info and then an hour
>later they are in the registration db and can get a normal IP.
>
>Currently users are getting the non-routable IP but aren't getting a
>gateway. Its only on XP machines that this is happening (and not on all
>of them mind you). I can't seem to get a hold of a machine with this
>problem so I can't give much more information.
>
>Anyone else experiencing this?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
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> Patrick Aland paland@stetson.edu
> Network Administrator Voice: 386.822.7217
> Stetson University Fax: 386.822.7367
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