one machine attaches quickly to network, the other does not

Why are there 3 dynamics on the right side shot , what is .65 ?

192.168.1.69 is machine B, but I do not know why 192.168.1.69 appears on machine A

Both machines are posted above. Albert is B, Dad is A

I did try swapping the cables between machines and the problem remains on B only. Here are both machines again, but this time B is shutdown while A runs the arp command, and vice versa.

I wonder if 224.0.0.22 on B is the problem. No idea what that is.

lehnerus2000 said:

johnhoh said:

192.168.1.69 is machine B, but I do not know why 192.168.1.69 appears on machine A

Both machines are posted above. Albert is B, Dad is A

I did try swapping the cables between machines and the problem remains on B only

As AddRAM asked what is 192.168.1.65?

machine B has two lan ports, though only one is being used

AddRAM said:

But it`s pulling an ip address, why ?

Can you do an ipconfig /all just on pc B

good question. I'll reboot and see if its still there

As long as it only has 1 cable to it that should not be an issue. Every machine I build I throw a netgear card in , the drivers are in Windows and you know those Dells.

lehnerus2000 said:

Does disabling the unused NIC make a difference?

I'll try that after I first load all the motherboard drivers. I should mention that I just built this machine B, and after the clean install device manager looked perfect so I did not load the motherboard drivers, other than to try a couple different levels of the realtek lan driver. I'll load all of the mobo drivers now and post back.

That invalid 192.168.1.64 is still there even after rebooting twice, with only machine B turned on. So is that 224.0.0.22 under the wierd "Interface 0.0.0.0.----0xffffff" section for B