Recent content by czarcoma

--- nope. no entry on the any of the hots file. checked that earler also. --- as i mentioned, it is hapening "dynamically". -- early this morning,was able to receive reply from correct IP. -- but after the rest of the workstations have logged on for the day, it's when this occurs.

mobyduck/wolluf, --- actualy, already checked the foward and reverse zones first before starting the thread. -- found no errant entries there. --- direct ping to ip address is ok. --- did a trace on the weird ip. -- 1st hop is our default gateway and out it goes into the internet. ---...

--- changing the NIC aint an potion for me though... :( --- all of our workstations have built-in LAN adapters, and we dont keep space NICs around (kind of hard to justify the extra cost until i get the root cause). --- anyway, might try to disable/enable the adapter on device manager,and see...

--- we're not using DHCP. --- 10.xx.xx.xx is statically configured on the workstation. --- seems, being redirected to an outside IP. its weird. --- also, it's isolated to the said workstation. --- i dnt want to have to do a clean install, "again". --- have you hear of malware that produces these...

--- we have a Domain-based LAN with ip pool of 10.xx.xx.xx --- we encounter on occasions that some workstations are not able to connect to a server or a workstation. --- when we try to check cnnectivty by pinging a server or workstation name, it replies as 66.xx.xx.xx (outside,in the internt)...

rtichnor, --- many thanks for the hint. --- although it's a little inconvenient, i may just have to set the network connection speed of the backup server down a notch over the weekend. and just restore start of the following week. --- hopefully it will solve my issue as well. best regards

RCT --- nope, not a chance that the drive is disconnected. i dont use mapings to backup shares. 1)i use UNC paths to backup shares on a remote server. e.g. \\server2\email_folder... 2) share being backed up (as mentioned in my previous post) resides in a single internal IDE drive in my IBM...

guys, --- the subject line pretty much sums it up. --- i got backup sets everyday, each scheduled to run weekly. --- but a particular backup set fails each time it's run. --- backup set always fail in the middle of the session with the error on the subject line. --- the folder being backed up...

hi smah, --- below is what i got from the netstat on the workstation. --- and no i dont see anything listening at 8192 thru 8194. --- on the remote TAB, access computer remotely is already checked. Proto Local Address Foreign Address State TCP admin03:telnet...

--- double checked telnet service.... its running... --- double checked firewall services.... it's NOT running. --- i've been having this querk on several identical systems running windows XP. --- already chekd that each problematic system has had all the latest patches from Windows Update. no...

--- certain service that needs to be deployed on our workstations require that the machine be contacted via telnet on port 8192 thru 8194. --- already disabled windows firewall, disabled firewall services. but still can't telnet to the workstation. --- anything else i should check?

--- many thanks guys! didn't expect to get replies this quick. TEK-TIPS rule!!! --- don't have time to check out all your resources just yet (due to regular everyday sysad activities). but will give you feedback on yur resources later. > just have a question to technome... do you clamp the...

good day, --- would just like to ask if anyone knows a good resource that lists the power consumptions of specific peripherals? (hubs, routers, HDD [external/internal], monitors from 15" to 17" [lcd/crt], etc.) --- am trying to compute the average consumption of all IT equipment in our...