Hello folks

I’m trying to find a solution for a strange problem.

First, let me say that my knowledge of Oracle is almost nil. I’m the
local Windows tech support, am am trying to help the Oracle admins to
fix this.

We have a Oracle 10g server which was set up in a fixed IP Windows
2003 server (call it server1, temporary IP 111.111.111.111). After it
was set up, everything seemed to go ok: every other workstation could
access it via web portal (http://server1, and application at
http://server1/pls/prt)

However, we have now changed the IP of the server to it’s definitive
(call it 111.111.222.222); since then, the only workstations that can
access http://server1 are workstations with fixed IP; any workstation
that uses DHCP-assigned IP gets “page doesn’t exist). I’ve tried
putting the servers name+IP on the workstations host file, but no
luck. Also, many workstations with fixed IP can only reach the basic
portal (http://server1); reaching http://server1/pls/prt is reserved
for a few…

The workstations can ping the server’s IP at will, and can access it
using Windows remote access. I tried a tracert from both the
DHCP-based and the fixed IP workstations, and the results were the
same: path was straight from PC to server. All Oracle servers seem to
be running, except “OracleCSS”, which is allways in a state of
“starting”.

We’re pretty much running out of ideas. Anyone knows something we may
try? Did the change in the server’s fixed IP ruined some internal
config?