IP address conflict
I have a 802.11g network with my two grandchildren. (Windows XP Home) I keep getting the message System Error. “There is an IP address conflict with another system on the network”. This doesn’t appear to cause any problems, but please can you tell me how I can find out what the conflict is and how to correct it.
What’s happening is two computers have the same Internet Protocol (IP) address on your network. This can cause problems, but if you’re just surfing the net with these machines then you won’t notice them.
As part of your network you will have a router. Its the router’s job to give out addresses and for some reason one of the computers is holding onto it’s address and confusing the router.
The simplest way is to open the Control Panel on each computer and go to Network Connections. You will find all the different network connections listed, right click on the wireless connection and choose Repair. This will force the computer to get a new address from the router.
It is also possible one of the computers isn’t set up to get it’s address from the network. We’ll look at resolving that in another query.
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