"John" <a> wrote in message news:e3KuYqOlIHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> I'm curious... did anyone screw around with the MAC address? Both PCs have
> exactly the same MAC.

right good catch

and maybe the router is mac filtered and rules out the second one.
clueless.

Ive made routers emulate the mac from the pc but never
made 2 pc's the same. I dont know what they did here.






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> "cameronjpu" <cameronjones******.com> wrote in message
> news:c805a824-73e0-44d7-8bde-6960f94994a2@y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>>I am an independent admin helping out a client of mine. They have a
>> network with only two computers, the router is outside the office (in
>> the basement). We have a switch inside the office. IP addresses are
>> manually assigned. Both computers have no firewall but the windows xp
>> firewall.
>>
>> They share a folder that is hosted on one of the computers, and
>> everything has worked fine for a long time. Suddenly late last week,
>> the remote system could no longer access the host system's shared
>> files. Can't get to the workgroup even. The weirdest thing is that
>> neither computer can even ping the other, but the internet never
>> stopped working perfectly.
>>
>> The two computers' ipconfig/all outputs are below:
>>
>> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
>> (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\Susan Stolov>ipconfig/all
>>
>> ***************************************REMOTE
>> COMPUTER************************
>> Windows IP Configuration
>>
>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Station01
>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>
>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>>
>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE
>> Network Connecti
>> on
>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-76-8A-37-EB
>> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.7.37.59
>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.248
>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 66.7.37.57
>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.7.25.98
>> 64.52.192.98
>>
>> ***************************************SERVER
>> COMPUTER************************
>>
>> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
>> (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\Susan Stolov>ipconfig/all
>>
>> Windows IP Configuration
>>
>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : WIPMaster
>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>
>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>>
>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE
>> Network Connecti
>> on
>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-76-8A-37-EB
>> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.7.37.60
>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.248
>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 66.7.37.57
>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.7.25.98
>> 64.52.192.98
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\Susan Stolov>
>>
>> Computers have been rebooted. Switch reset. Tried DHCP but IP
>> addresses could not be obtained. I'll see if I can access the network
>> room, it's a building-provided service so that could be tricky.
>>
>> Any clue about where to start looking?
>>
>> Thanks.
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