[Macpartners] Mac Server Internet Connection

[Patrick McNeal]

On Dec 3, 2007, at 11:11 AM, sciacca wrote:

> I have some Internet connection problem. I am working in the Dewey's
> Lab room 3-237. Recently we have bought a new Mac Server with  
> Leopard OSX and
> we gave it the ip and DNS name of an old machine in the lab.
>
> This server is under a firewall and its ip is translated from the  
> firewall.
>
> Everything worked fine untill we turned on the old computer (the one  
> which had
> the ip of the new server) with the Internet connection and the new  
> Server was
> immediately disconnected. Now, I unplagged the connection of the old  
> computer.
> The new server says that it is connected,  but the internet  
> connection is still
> not working.
>
> Is there someone who can help me? I called the MIT Computing Help  
> Desk and they
> told me there is nothing wrong on the network side and suggest me to  
> contact
> you.

If you're still having trouble with this, I would first make sure that  
the old computer is no longer using the server's IP address by  
manually setting a different IP or using DHCP, and then reboot the  
server.  It's a bit draconian, but sometimes it's the easiest way to  
resolve a problem.