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Open a command prompt and enter "ipconfig /all", without the quotes. What do
you get?
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You really shouldn't do that. Only USB is generally safe to hot-plug. Sooner
or later you're luck will run out and one or the other ethernet devices will
fry. That aside, unplugging it doesn't account for those repeating
reconnections. The timing is too consistent, down to the second.
You would both have to be peers connected on the same LAN or directly to
each other (same thing). Any PC on a LAN can be a master browser. I have one
XP PC on mine that always insists on taking that status when it joins the
LAN.
Let's see what ipconfig shows.
you get?
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Nubie said:0016D3A2E7AD is my machines regular (wire) network card. The wireless
card is disabled in device manager (which presumably rules any wireles
connection out). 68.127.186.255 is AT&T's network, which is my ISP (ARIN
lookup below):
AT&T Internet Services SBCIS-SIS80 (NET-68-120-0-0-1)
68.120.0.0 - 68.127.255.255
bras4.pltnca SBC068127176000040211 (NET-68-127-176-0-1)
68.127.176.0 - 68.127.191.255
The constantly repeating reconnection notices at 5 minute intervals, (with
resulting successfully assigned IP addresses), is probably a result of the
fact that I remove the ethernet cable from my network card whenever I step
away from my machine.
You really shouldn't do that. Only USB is generally safe to hot-plug. Sooner
or later you're luck will run out and one or the other ethernet devices will
fry. That aside, unplugging it doesn't account for those repeating
reconnections. The timing is too consistent, down to the second.
The only other remotely possible connection to my PC would have been
bluetooth, however the wireless card which provides bluetooth connectivity
is always turned off (at the switch).
This leaves 2 questions
1) How could there be a master browser called JAYS showing up on my logs
(given the above).
You would both have to be peers connected on the same LAN or directly to
each other (same thing). Any PC on a LAN can be a master browser. I have one
XP PC on mine that always insists on taking that status when it joins the
LAN.
and (less importantly)
2) Why is my machine having a conversation with the outside world (my ISP)
about its workgroup. My understanding was that a workgroup would be
something that would be limited to my LAN alone.
Let's see what ipconfig shows.