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