'ip address conflict...'

[goe602]

windows keeps popping up a message saying there is an ip address conflict on my network. could someone help me out with getting rid of this message?

thanks

 

[Nothinman]

Fix your IP address. Or fix the IP of the machine conflicting with yours.

 

[goe602]

how do i 'fix' it

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: goe602
how do i 'fix' it

check each computer in your network, and make sure all computers are using unique IP addresses.

In Win2K+WinXP, open a command prompt (Start->Run->cmd) and type ipconfig.

In Win98+WinME, go to Start->Run->WINIPCFG.

In Mac OS, go to System Preferences, Network, and choose Built-in Ethernet.

 

[goe602]

there are 3 computers in my network, and they all have different ip addresses

?

 

[Nothinman]

Apparently not, the only reason you would get a duplicate IP message is if 2 devices are attempting to use the same address.

 

[Zugzwang152]

I would check other devices, such as your router, and any networked printers that have their own network adapters as well.

Other than that, the only thing I can think of is that you have two network devices active on a single machine and they both have the same IP assigned to them. Do you have a wireless network and have statically assigned IP's within your network?

 

[bowserjs]

Check all the ip's on the network, 2 of them are using the same address

 

[thunderroller]

try "obtain ip automatic"

 

[DogFaceMonk]

Also remember that the boundaries of *your* network may not be what you imagine and that some computers may have more than one ip address assigned to them because of multiple network adapters. For instance if you are using a cable service without a router/firewall you could be conflicting with someone else on the other side of town who uses the same cable service.

 

[goe602]

my 3 addresses are

192.186.1.1003
192.168.1.1000
192.169.1.1001

we dont have a wireless network

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: goe602
my 3 addresses are

192.186.1.1003
192.168.1.1000
192.169.1.1001

we dont have a wireless network

Each octet must range from 0 to 255. How you have 1000, 1001 and 1003 is beyond me. They are probably being truncated to 100.

 

[goe602]

im sorry... i meant 103, 100, 101

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: goe602
im sorry... i meant 103, 100, 101

Do you have a router? What make/model? The router has an IP address as well.

 

[DogFaceMonk]

the 192.168.x.x (with the two x's between 0 and 255) is private address space. That is probably the adress space you should be using unless you are directly connected to your ISP, in which case the 192.186.x.x address may be right. I will say that even if you had a LAN connected by a hub (and not connected to the Internet) with the addresses 192.168.1.100, 192.186.1.100, and 192.169.1.100, they still wouldn't be able to talk to each other. You would need a router to communicate between different class B addresses, ie. ones with different numbers in the second octet.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: DogFaceMonk
the 192.168.x.x (with the two x's between 0 and 255) is private address space. That is probably the adress space you should be using unless you are directly connected to your ISP, in which case the 192.186.x.x address may be right. I will say that even if you had a LAN connected by a hub (and not connected to the Internet) with the addresses 192.168.1.100, 192.186.1.100, and 192.169.1.100, they still wouldn't be able to talk to each other. You would need a router to communicate between different class B addresses, ie. ones with different numbers in the second octet.

I assumed that he FUBARed the entire addresses while typing, and that his actual IPs are

192.168.1.100
192.168.1.101
192.168.1.103

 

[oog]

turn off the machine that is complaining about a conflicting ip address and see if you can still ping the ip address from one of the other machines.

or just change the ip address of the machine that is complaining about conflicting addresses.

 

[DogFaceMonk]

That would make sense if he has a a basic hub/router connecting him to his ISP. In which case I'm betting that the router has been programmed both to use the 192.168.1.100 address and to hand out a range like 192.168.1.100-192.168.1.115 or something and he needs to reprogram it to only hand out 192.168.1.101-115.

 

[goe602]

it just started popping up 2 days ago...

how do i change my ip address?

thanks for all the help thus far

 

[Fokks]

Can you copy and paste the results of running "ipconfig" on each pc? Or post links to screenshots.