Comments on: New Network Card Unable to take static IP assigned to previous faulty Card

By: dwiebesick

dwiebesick — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:14:59 +0000

I would check the registry for the old NIC and see if it is stuck. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServices{Adapter}ParametersTcpip] I think is the location. I have had this problem with servers before and that was the problem. You may also try booting into safe mode, then check the device manager and remove any NICs that are not in your server.

By: cragsdale32

cragsdale32 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:01:33 +0000

Err, apologies to kevin, it’s his post I was referencing about the releasing of teh DHCP pool. I’t Wednesday, and I’m brain dead due to finals in school plus working additional hours with a guy out at work.

By: cragsdale32

cragsdale32 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:00:20 +0000

it could also be the network DHCP server has assigned that IP to teh MAC address of teh faulty card. try Mshen’s Idea and release teh DHCP pool, and then restart. You might have to shut down more of teh network if the problem persists, depending upon the size and business impact this might or might not be feasable.

By: carlosdl

carlosdl — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:20:39 +0000

Yes, that would be a good thing to try, but if the message is really "the IP address has been assigned to another network card", I guess that message is comming from the OS and not from the network.

By: kevinbeaver

kevinbeaver — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:16:21 +0000

Have you tried releasing/resetting your DHCP pool? It sounds like something on your network is caching that IP.