ip addresses

[Squibbly]

i just got a wierd error message saying that there is an ip conflict
i looked on my desktop and saw that the ip address is the same as my laptop
can i make my desktop stay at 1 ip address to resolve this conflict

 

[sooky grumper]

i just got a wierd error message saying that there is an ip conflict
i looked on my desktop and saw that the ip address is the same as my laptop
can i make my desktop stay at 1 ip address to resolve this conflict

How have you assigned your ip addresses? DHCP? Static IP? Windows assigned?

 

[Squibbly]

automatically
i must say this b4 we go on that i am connected to a netgear dg834g which
the firmware i upgraded seems to be faulty

 

[Wes Newell]

i just got a wierd error message saying that there is an ip conflict
i looked on my desktop and saw that the ip address is the same as my laptop
can i make my desktop stay at 1 ip address to resolve this conflict

You need to contact your system administrator with the problem. If you
don't have one, then contact who ever sets up your computers. If that's
you, then you need to learn about IP addresses and how they are asssigned
and used. But to answer your question, yes, you can change the ip address
of any machine that you have access to as long long as you have rights to.
If you are connecting to a broadband network via dhcp, then you will need
a gateway, or seperate static IP's for both machines to work at the same
time. IOW's, you didn't provide enough info to determine the solution.

 

[Wes Newell]

automatically
i must say this b4 we go on that i am connected to a netgear dg834g which
the firmware i upgraded seems to be faulty

So, you need both your desktop and notebook set up for automatic as you
call it. If they are both set up for that then there's a problem in the
netgear router or there's something that needs to be set on each wireless
cord. I don't do windows or wireless. If all else fails, switch to static
IPs for both machines. As an example since I always use static.
Netgear router gateway IP 192.168.0.1
Desktop IP 192.168.0.2
machine 2 192.168.0.3
machine 3 etc.
Most routers will also allow a range of DHCP addresses, like
192.168.0.100-253. Check your router manual.
Netmask should be 255.255.255.0
And you'll need to assign DNS addresses on each machine. That's your IP's
(Internet providers) DNS addresses.

 

[jaster]

automatically
i must say this b4 we go on that i am connected to a netgear dg834g which
the firmware i upgraded seems to be faulty

If you're running Windows all you need to do on one of the
machines (laptop) is to release the dhcp ip address and then renew it.

ifconfig /release
ifconfig /renew

or in XP network connection properties release and renew.

 

[Squibbly]

i am the system admin, also i set this up myself, i think there is something
wrong with the firmware as this is only happening when WPA-PSK is selected
in the wireless security.