Any ideas?

[LTF]

Don't know if anyone has had this problem before.

You have a nic running on a system, the nic is removed from the machine and replaced with another. The new nic is configured with the ip address of the old nic, you get the message about the chosen ip address being bound to another network card that is hidden because it is not currently running.

Anybody know how to 'remove' the ip address from the original card?

Its not possible to reinstall the card, and remove the ip address from it.
It doesnt appear in device manager.
I guess it would be a regedit job?

 

[(Shovel)]

The IP being bound to another card will be an error from the server and is nothing to do with your local set up.

NICs have a unique ID known as a "MAC address", a server can be bound to link your MAC address with a specific IP.
For instance, the DHCP server I run at home has one of the computers fixed with a permanent IP to allow filtering by IPChains.
If you change your MAC address (e.g. buy a new card), then the IP address is still reserved for your old card.

You need to "contact your network administrator" and ask to have your MAC address reset at the network end so that the new NIC MAC address can be bound to your IP. As I say, it's nothing to do with the configuration on your computer, purely a network binding that the server has set up. A network admin should be able to change it in a matter of seconds.

If he needs to know the new MAC address, you can obtain it in many ways, easiest is going to the command prompt and typing "ipconfig /all" and you'll get something like this back:

C:\Documents and Settings\bmpw>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : superfurry
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter LAN:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : CNet FAST200WL PCI Wake On LAN Fast
Ethernet Adapter
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-08-A1-1A-92-EE
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.11
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 07 July 2003 11:07:56
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 07 July 2003 12:07:56

C:\Documents and Settings\bmpw>

The "Physical Address" is the MAC address in question. That is on Windows NT/2000/XP systems. On 9x, I belive you type "winipconfig" or "winipcfg" at the run prompt and it'll give you a little box pop up with the information in it.

Failing that, you can also go to the properties on the network connection. It says "Connect Using:" and then has the name of your network card in a box. If you hold the house over that box, it will pop up a tooltip with the PCI slot it lives in and the MAC address.

Hope that helps

 

[xane]

Show All Hidden Devices in Device Manager