IP Conflict error - urgent help required.

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ive a netowrk of around 100 PC including 10 servers, suddenly one server
starts giving ip conflict error, when no one has chnaged the configuration,
if i shut down that server or un plug the network cable, the ip remain still
pingable, how can i trace which computer is using that ip on my subnet
 
maybe doing a ping -a (ex: ping -a 161.108.213.172). It will show you the
computer name. Then you'll know which one ;)
 
murtaza said:
ive a netowrk of around 100 PC including 10 servers, suddenly one
server starts giving ip conflict error, when no one has chnaged the
configuration, if i shut down that server or un plug the network
cable, the ip remain still pingable, how can i trace which computer
is using that ip on my subnet
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Do you have managed switches? If so you could find which out switch the
duplicate IP is on to help narrow it down. If you have an internal DNS
server you can use nslookup to find the computer name. If not use nbtstat to
find the name. Once you have the name look at your network documentation to
see where that computer is. If you don't have this documented then it's a
matter of visiting each computer until you find it.
 
Glad to hear you got it solved. What method did you use to find the
duplicate? It's always good to hear a real world fix.
 
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