Why do the IP addresses randomly change?
- by GiddyUpHorsey
I have a network with the following:
Cable modem with static IP address
Router
Desktop - Win 7
VM Host - VMware ESXi 4.0
A couple of VM Guests - Windows
Every now and then my Win 7 PC is unable to access some of the VMs. When I ping the VMs by their domain name their IP address shows up as the IP address of the cable modem.
Sometimes I can fix it by running ipconfig /flushdns. The IP address will reset back to what it was supposed to be, but occasionally it wont work.
Why does this happen and how can I fix it?