ip conflict or how to fix this

darrenvox

darrenvox

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ive looked around the net for a fix for this and had started to change the ip address subnet stuff and thought maybe im getting into something too much and i thought id ask the pros what to do for this and maybe help everyone how to do this safely and effectively..

i tried to start changing from "automatically detect an ip..." to putting in one that someone had on his video and then thought what am i doing what if it disconnects the internet so i wanted to ask you how to fix this!!

anyone know
 
If you have all devices set to automatically get IP from dhcp server then you will never get an IP conflict. Most likely you have a static IP set on a machine and that IP was assigned to something else while it was off. Or you have hooked up your router wrong. This will also happen when ethernet cable from modem is connected to one of the lan(network) ports instead of the wan(internet) port.
 
The short answer is if you put in an ip address and it doesn't work, switch it back to automatically obtain IP address.

To statically assign one, just pick an address outside of the range your router will lease out. Just make sure you are in the same subnet or you know how to add routes so you can still talk. (ie route add -net <ip> mask <mask> <eth1> or http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc757323(v=WS.10).aspx on windows)
 
As stated, just use DHCP unless you have an understanding of networking.

Putting in some random IP you saw on the internet likely doesn't coincide with the same subnet address your router is using.

Also, 'changing your IP' on the LAN portion does nothing for the WAN side of your connection.
 
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