ip address question?

LMFAO

You are a IP network, go to your command prompt by going to RUN and typing "cmd"

then do a "ipconfig /release"

then "ipconfig /renew"

with out the "

I am guessing one or some of your computers might have a static IP

Maybe someone is on your Wireless network and is using one of your IP addresses that is confiicting.

Use Wireless security and check out who is on your network by going into your router and checking it out.

Good luck,

Drew

All addresses should be assigned automatically. DHCP on the router should take care of that. I hope you set encryption on the wireless, if not anyone can steal your connection and also all your transactions can be read by anyone with a wireless machine. This means user names, sites visited, emails and clear text passwords become public. Your manual explains how to set this. If you have more than one machione on your network, check that none of them is set manually for tcp/ip information.

1. You must have an IP address. The entire internet uses IPv4 or IPv6. There does not exist an option to access the internet that does not utilize either TCP/IP or UDP/IP. The message means that someone else has the same IP address.

Are you sure you're connecting to your OWN network? Usually this is caused because you're connecting to your neighbor's network, and he has issued a device a static IP address. I do this for my network printer, because my Linux machines print to it via IP printing. I use encryption, of course, but perhaps your neighbor isn't. Did you give your network a unique SSID?

Do you have any other devices hooked up to your router or modem? If not, is your wireless access secured by WEP or WPA? I ask because it sounds like there is another device using the IP address that your PC is attempting to use. The best way to resolve this is to make sure that you do not have a static IP address - that it can be assigned dynamically. Here is a great little example of how to do that :

http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_configure_my_static_ip...

This example is how to set a static one, so basically, just do the reverse. I would also strongly suggest using some type of encryption if you are not already, so others cannot access you router. Good luck.

Is your wireless network secured?

It sounds like someone is trying to horn in on your connection using a fixed IP address that is conflicting with your wireless router.

Get out you manual and setup and secure your router. If that does not fix it, come on back

You are still on an IP network whether you're using a wireless or wired connection.

How many computers do you have connected to the Internet in your home?

I'd suggest logging into your router's web interface and looking at the attached devices. This should tell you where the IP conflict is occurring.

Did you assign your ip address yourself?

If so... Try automatically assign it by DHCP...

Well if you are the only person on this wireless connection than that means someone else is using your wifi to access the net in that case you need to go into your router and see what is going on. And if it supports enable MAC filtering, this is not a high level security measure but helps. Getting an ip conflict message means that another computer on the network is using the same ip address that you are, and in a home network with only one computer that means someone else is "hi-jacking" your connection.