network problem

[Jamon Camisso]

ted leslie wrote:
> weird,
> 
> you can rule out the router, if box x and box z can talk to each other on that IP,
> if on same subnet, as it will not gateway via the router.
> never seen a switch arp cache like that.
> 
> possible some other box on network is using ip?
> other experiments might be to cross-over-ethernet-cable the two boxes, 
> see if the talk to each other on same subnet, and one with that IP of issue.
> (or make sure only those two boxes are on the switch).
> 
> you say it only "routes properly", that would imply since your "routing",
> that the other boxes are not on the same subnet?, that it isnt just placing the
> packet on the wire (i.e. no routing).

Well, thanks to both posters for the feedback. Seems it "just works" 
today, without any intervention on anyone's part. I'd have expected that 
to happen almost immediately, not over the course of 8 or more hours, 
but ah well.

Jamon
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