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ravenware   09-03-2008 at 04:44:37 AM

I am currently experiencing an issue trying to enable a laptop to automatically obtain an IP address over a network.

When attempting to obtain an IP address the laptop will obtain a duplicate address from a network printer that must remain static.

Does anyone know of a way to block a specific IP address from being obtained, so that DHCP client will try to pick a different IP?

I would rather not give the laptop a static IP address nor do I want to change the IP address of the printer that a dozen people have mapped to there machines

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mdeezy   09-06-2008 at 11:02:09 PM
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in for the answer. I setup my home network and a desktop was doing the same thing it was being assigned an IP that was already active. The desktop did that with the wireless card I installed, and the onboard LAN. I ended up giving it a static IP to solve the problem but never what exactly caused that to happen in the first place.

It has to be something in the router/switch

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thehelo   09-08-2008 at 06:23:58 AM
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dont assign the printer an ip address from the dhcp pool....

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sacdan   09-08-2008 at 09:49:21 PM
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Add an exclusion to the DHCP pool for the IP used fopr the printer. All you need is the MAC address of the printer.

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