Re: [cobalt-users] Macintosh, AppleShare IP Users

["Aaron Anderson" <aaronanderson@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Dave,
    What system are you running on your Mac's?  I have had similar problems
at work and it was a OS9 issue with DHCP.

Aaron Anderson


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Shugarts" <Azimuth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 3:21 PM
Subject: [cobalt-users] Macintosh, AppleShare IP Users


> I have set up a Qube 3 to be the Web access, Web server and DHCP server
for
> a network that contains an Appleshare IP 5.0 server and about 12
computers--
> all Macs of various kinds (all PPC). All of the Macs are configured to
> obtain their IPs from a DHCP server.
>
> The Cobalt runs fine and talks to the Web fine, and when everything is
> running right, the Macs obtain the DHCP service and acquire an IP from the
> Cobalt's block of IPs (e.g., 10.6.18.X).
>
> However, at various points in the day, they somehow "lose it" and begin
> using their own Apple-supplied IPs (e.g. 169.254.220.X) for no discernable
> reason.
>
> When this occurs, no machine on the network can talk to the Cobalt,
although
> a machine coming in from outside can talk to the Cobalt, access all of its
> admin functions through the GUI, and everything appears to be running fine
> on the Cobalt.
>
> Nonetheless, because the Macs can't see the Cobalt, we wind up rebooting
the
> Cobalt. At that point, it returns to normal--until the next episode.
>
> We have placed an order for the latest Appleshare IP 6.3.3, but do not
know
> whether this will make a difference.
>
> Any thoughts, anyone?
>
> Thanks
>
> --Dave Shugarts
>
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