I was just given a windows server 2003 machine, but have a problem...I don't know its IP address (I do know that it's a static IP though.) Unfortunetely, the server's graphics card is fried, so I can't just attach a monitor and obtain it. I could install a new card, but don't have one at present to do so.
If I can somehow obtain the IP I can RDC in, which is how I plan to manage the server anyway. Any idea how to discover the static IP (and no, I don't even know what subnet it might be on...)
If it is running DHCP you could plug a workstation and the server onto an isolated switch.
If you have booted the server on a network with a DHCP server already on it DHCP services may have shut itself off. Reboot after connecting to an isolated switch.
"ipconfig /all" at a dos prompt on the workstation would show you the "DHCP Server" address.
I tried almost everything I could think of (including several of the suggestions here) to no avail. I finally got my hands on a graphics card, and lo-and-behold, the Server's NIC wasn't operational... Now I know why the server was getting tossed :lol: I did replace the NIC, and now have a fully operational server though.
Don't think I'll sell it, but I haven't quite decided its use yet. I've got a buddy who was thinking about building a media server -- I owe him a favor, and he'd probably be a happy dude to get the server.
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