Re: IP changes to 255.255.255.255??

From: Joe Mama (Joe.Mama_at_SomeWhere.net)
Date: 04/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:40:15 -0500

"Aaron B. Lingwood" <ten.EGNUM.edonretni@reraos where munge='on'> wrote in
message news:5l3880ht3n8et2ls6gc9310f7s951cnojv@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 10:37:58 -0500, "Joe Mama"
> <Joe.Mama@SomeWhere.net> wrote:
>
> >I have several print servers that the IP address changes to
255.255.255.255
> >I do not know what causes this. When I change them back to the required
IP
> >they work for several days without problem. Then _bam!_they all get
changed
> >back to 255.255.255.255 at the same time.
> >
> >These print servers have worked flawlessly for over a year and _no_ there
is
> >no firmware updates available. They are DLink DP101p+ devices.
> >
> >The PC's on the network are all clean of viruses and trojans as far as I
can
> >tell.
> >Has anyone had experience with the likes of this? Any ideas?
> >
> >Thanks in advance
>
> Have you added a new XP machine or router (incl wireless router, adsl
> modem/router) to the network? May be a problem with DHCP and/or an IP
> Lease time.

There is no DHCP being used anywhere. Also as far as the conflicting IP
theory goes, that does not fly because it happens to all the print servers
at the same instance and they all have different static IP's. This instance
is unfortunately in the wee hours of the morning while I am sound asleep.
Figures.

> Could also be that another device on the network is attempting to use
> the same IP thus disabling the interface. This is often a staff member
> using their personal laptop.

This is what I am leaning to because, well, it must be. I guess I'll
install SNORT on a machine and try to catch some (bastardized) machine
spewing the crap that causes the problem.

I am amazed that every search I have preformed comes up empty for this type
of problem. I would have thought that someone, somewhere, sometime would
have had a (very) similar problem and effect that I could draw from.

Thanks for the response Aaron.