[OSX-Users] Re: usb ethernet dongle - only getting self-assigned ip?

[Andrew Paul Landells]

Just to confirm, with all the re-organisation, have you moved offices  
lately? It's always possible that if you have, you're now in a  
different network segment.

Feel free to give me a shout on Monday and I'll see if I can get it  
all fixed up for you.

Regards,

On 18 Nov 2011, at 18:07, dr. m.c. schraefel wrote:
> The adaptor has been registered on the network for over a year.
> and checked with lance yesterday that it was still there.
>
>
> best
> mc
> On 18 Nov 2011, at 17:17, Jules wrote:
>
>> Have you asked someone in the Systems Team to give an IP address to  
>> that MAC address? We don't hand out IP addresses to anyone unknown  
>> who plugs into our network, I'm afraid. :-(
>>
>> Give Andy Landells or Lance a shout on Monday, and they'll sort you  
>> out.
>>
>> Jules.
>>
>> On 18/11/2011 17:04, dr. m.c. schraefel wrote:
>>> i'm not sure what's changed but with the macbook air 11, the usb  
>>> ethernet dongle at work is now only getting a self-assigned ip.
>>>
>>> there are various notes about this dealing with home lan's https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2676062?start=0&tstart=0
>>> that involve airports, and home routers
>>> but nothing for a work environ.
>>>
>>> any thoughts/experiences welcome
>>>
>>> (as you know some systems can only be reached via ethernet in ecs)
>>>
>>> best
>>> mc
>>
>> Jules
>>
>> -- 
>> sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>>
>
>


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