"A duplicate name exists"...?

[Kenneth]

Howdy,

We have a five node net... all are Win 2K Pro. All run only TCP/IP.

Earlier today, we had a power outage. When power came up, we saw that
we had a network problem relating to one machine.

Now, when we try to move a file to System "A" from "B", we get the
error "A duplicate name exists on the network."

I have read all the MS-KB articles that mention this error, but none
seem to apply (precisely) to our situation.

On System "A" I have run IPCONFIG /RELEASE, and then IPCONFIG /RENEW.

Running IPCONFIG on that machine displayed properly before doing that,
and displays properly now.

What should be my next steps?

Sincere thanks,

 

[Roland Hall]

in message
:
: We have a five node net... all are Win 2K Pro. All run only TCP/IP.
:
: Earlier today, we had a power outage. When power came up, we saw that
: we had a network problem relating to one machine.
:
: Now, when we try to move a file to System "A" from "B", we get the
: error "A duplicate name exists on the network."
:
: I have read all the MS-KB articles that mention this error, but none
: seem to apply (precisely) to our situation.
:
: On System "A" I have run IPCONFIG /RELEASE, and then IPCONFIG /RENEW.
:
: Running IPCONFIG on that machine displayed properly before doing that,
: and displays properly now.
:
: What should be my next steps?

You said a duplicate name, not duplicate IP address. See if this will help:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822659

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Roland Hall
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