Windows tells me there is an IP address conflict with another system on my network. It's wasting my internet connection. How should I do?

Windows tells me there is an IP address conflict with another system on my network. It's ruining my internet connection, how to fix?

  1. Click the Start button
  2. Highlight connect to >
  3. Click Show all connections
  4. Right-click on the connection to the Local network
  5. Click on properties
  6. Click on Internet (TCP/IP) Protocol
  7. Click on properties

Now look and see if obtain an IP address automatically is selected in the option button or if the use of the following IP address is checked.

If the latter, you can change the last number of the IP address for anything else. Each window and then click OK.

Example: It can be set to 192.168.1.1 and you want to change it to 192.168.1. 2.

If it says still in use, then change to 3 and 4 and so on until there is no conflict.  Don't mess with any other numbers such as subnet mask, a default gateway or DNS servers.

If the radio button is set to obtain an IP address automatically, then the problem is prolly with your DHCP server. Since I always assign my own IPs, I'm not sure what set which would result.

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