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An immediate but temporary fix would be to manually assign an IP address
from your DHCP range but you run the risk of that IP being assigned to
another machine.

Firm.


-----Original Message-----
From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of David McFarlane
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 4:21 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] How to force a new IP address from DHCP?

Ken,

>In this specific case, you should file a problem with the ATS Help
Desk,
>specifying the IP address which is in conflict.  Network Management
>can, in the short term, remove that address from the pool of addresses
>available for assignment.
>
>In the medium term, ATS would want to run down the presumed rogue
>machine.

Thanks, of course we did that right off.  But my question stands -- 
in the short term, what could we do to restore network service to the 
user while waiting for ATS to track and shut down the rogue?

-- dkm