On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 06:38:11PM -0900, Ken Irving wrote: > On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 02:44:03AM +0000, T o n g wrote: > > Ops, yeah, I meant DHCP. I'm using DHCP instead of static ip. both under > > windows and under linux. [snip] > > Can I do that myself from my Linux box? > > I don't know what command was pointed out, but you can get all the settings > for your machine, and possibly very little about others on the network. Most > networks use switches instead of hubs, and the effect is to isolate you from > (most) other traffic not directed at your machine. You may still be able to > see broadcast packets from others, and then might be able to see the offending > ip and its mac address, e.g., using ... (can't think of the name...) ... a > utility to inspect packets on your box. > when you have a conflict, make dhcp give you another address, don't just renew, release and renew (you might have to flush the dhcp client cache) then ping the old ip address, use arp -n and find the mac address, that should take you a step closer to finding the machine - give that info to the help desk, they should be able to track the mac through the network. I am presuming that you are on the same ethernet segment, probably are if you are having an ip conflict > Ken > > -- > Ken Irving, fnkci+debianuser@uaf.edu > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > >
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