<gshakespeare@sgfl.org.uk> wrote in message
news:3b26b5a8-eb0c-485e-a2cf-75f3e268301e@e1g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>I have an XP laptop (spyware/virus free - or as close as can be! + all
> service packs) that gets a DHCP address from a netgear DG834G at home
> and it gets 10.0.0.3. no problem there.
>
> As soon as this laptop is brought into work it is supposed to get a
> DHCP address (also on a 10.x.x.x network) but for a fraction of a
> second retains its 10.0.0.3 address and it has an IP conflict with a
> domain controller (2003 R2 server), before getting a DHCP address
> correctly. Because this conflicts with a DC it causes all sorts of
> problems.
>
> The obvious solution is to change the DHCP scope at home but we
> shouldn't need to do this, or change the DC's IP Address but we
> shouldn't need to do this.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
> Gavin Shakespeare

Put this text in a file named "IP_reset.cmd" on the desktop:

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

Save it and run it at startup and whenever needed. Otherwise, I agree, it
sounds like that laptop is being closed and carried rather than shut down.

HTH
-pk