IP address conflict

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I have three servers with static ip's. 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2
192.168.0.3 One of our emplyess comes to work in the morning and when he
gets within range of the wireless access point a system has detected an IP
address conflict. At his home he gets 192.168.0.3 or 2. So my servers will
hiccup. How can I stop this from happening at the server level? Thanks.
 
Bill said:
I have three servers with static ip's. 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2
192.168.0.3 One of our emplyess comes to work in the morning and when he
gets within range of the wireless access point a system has detected an IP
address conflict. At his home he gets 192.168.0.3 or 2. So my servers will
hiccup. How can I stop this from happening at the server level? Thanks.
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You can't,..the problem isn't on your servers. Tell the guy to power off
the laptop when he leaves home,...when he starts it back up he will get a
correct address. If he starts it up at home and gets 192.168.0.3 and then
drives to work with it powered up it is going to keep the same address,
there is no mechanism to make it give up that number,..that laptop isn't
that smart.
 
Or if you change your ip addressing range (to 10.x.x.x, 172.x.x.x, another
range in 192.168.x.x, etc..), including your wireless segment, it'll be
forced to get a fresh address from your dhcp server as his (home) address
won't be in your range. But that's a bigger project than just telling him
to turn off the computer at home and turn it on fresh at the office.

Alternatively, if the user is stubborn, do as Richard said in the other
reply--ban his mac address from your wireless router.

Ken
 
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