LordOfTheFish Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Well, the other day I was on my laptop, and a notice popped up saying another computer has the same IP address as mine, to contact my windows administrator (or something like that) for further help. Is this a serious issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 nope it isnt a catastrophe by any means(I had this just yesterday myself), but that being said, it can be a PITA if it is resulting in you or another user on your network not being able to access the net. Have any of the other pcs in your network experienced any difficulties? mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheFish Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Not that I know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 sounds phishy too me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Not that I know of. Keep an eye on it. With DHCP, they often tend to sort themselves out, but if the problem persists you may have to manually do an ipconfig release/renew from the command prompt. Other little tricks that may achieve the same thing > *restart router *unplug/disconnect from network/reconnect *disable network card in pc/restart/enable Let us know if you have any problems surface sounds phishy too me. cmon bill, this is tech support, not the comedy club mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheFish Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 I'm piggy-backing off of someone around Me's wifi. Linksys router, I believe. Could that bring about problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I meant it actually sounded like a scam, like the 'you have a virus, click here to scan' banners But now that he says he is behind a router, it makes a little more sense as XP does detect IP Address conflicts in local networks. Someone might be trying to spoof your mac address and intercept you data given it's wireless, or there may simply be an overlap with static ip's too. If you are not specifying a static IP, then I would recommend typing 'ipconfig /release' and then 'ipconfig /renew' into a command window if you see the message again. Might help to resolve it by causeing you to pull a new IP address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 great work bill tech forum strives to be a fountain of facts! @LordOfFish is the owner of the network you are sharing aware that you are sharing it?! mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheFish Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 ^Um... no. Not that I know of. He may be able to track me somehow, I don't know. I believe that the people behind me, and beside me 'both' have it. So, I've used different connections before if for some reason one or the other will not work. Could this also present a problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Char Ell Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Let this be a lesson to owners of wireless networks. If you don't bother setting up some security then don't be surprised if someone decides to help themselves to your network's bandwidth, gratis of course. I'd say go wtih acdcfanbill's suggestion of opening a Windows command prompt and typing ipconfig /release to release the IP address you currently have. Once that completes then type ipconfig /renew to tell the network you want an IP address, hopefully an available one that isn't already in use by another system on the wireless network you connect to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk102 Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I bet the owner is aware of you and is setting his own IP address to yours to screw with you. ipconfig/release ipconfig/renew should fix things, but if you're going to leech, your connection is at the mercy of others. I'd at least get off his DHCP range and set a hard IP address with the same first 3 octets as what you have now with DHCP. If the neighbor locks down his router or changes his subnet on you, you'll have to go back to DHCP snooping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Jones Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I don't like what you're doing, LordOfTheFish. I mean, OK, it's an unsecured network obviously, but seriously, you should at least ask if you're allowed to use your neighbour's WLAN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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