Bob Eyster said:
I have been getting this error off and on for a couple of weeks.
Error: There is an IP confict with another system on your network.
I have a 3 PC and 1 printer networked receiving IP address by DHCP from my
Linksys router. I also have a 1394 Connection which has been disabled.
Is there any way to find out what is conflicting with what???
Thanks
Bob Eyster
Printers do not normally use DHCP. They most often have a fixed I.P.
address assigned, so that is probably where the conflict arises.
Check the documentation for the Linksys router. Usually the DHCP
server only uses a range of 100 or i.p. addresses out of the 256 total
available (000 to 255).
One solution would be to assign the printer a different i.p. address,
one that is outside the range used by DHCP.
Another option that might be available via the internal configuration
settings of the Linksys router (see the documentation for instructions
on accessing this) would be to configure the DHCP server so it does
not allocate the specific i.p. address being used by the printer.
Another possibility would be if you are using a wireless router and
one of the PCs is at or near the range limit for your wireless
hardware. This limit can be as little as 40 to 50 feet depending on
the hardware and on the construction of the building. If a PC is
connected by wireless and the connection is dropped temporarily
because of communication problems then it is possible that DHCP would
reassign that computer's i.p. address to another machine. Then when
communication was re-established to the first machine it would think
that it still had a valid lease on that i.p, address and would try to
use it, thereby creating the type of error that you describe.
I have seen this second type of situation actually happen several
times, but I think the printer i.p. address is the more likely
suspect.
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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