Jack \(MVP-Networking\).
04-05-08, 11:26 PM
Hi
Check your router DHCP server and make sure that it is set correctly and
does not set to include all the IPs possible.
You can try to restrict the DHCP to 10 IPs (if you have less than 10
computers, and if it does not solve the problem give the Vista a static IP
that is out of the DHCP range.
Jack (MVP-Networking).
<jcrobbinsster@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:666c4356-3097-4418-843a-226566bd4e02@p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>I have a wireless linksys router connected via cable to an XP
> desktop. Whenever my wife connects to the network with her vista
> laptop it disconects the main computer from the network saying
> duplicate IP address found. Once her computer is connected everything
> fixes itself. I occasionally connect an XP laptop with no issues. So
> I attempted to set a static IP address for the main computer by
> picking a number high in the list like 105 so that the vista computer
> would get the first available IP address and everything would be
> fine. However the computer works fine but still gets disconnected
> when the vista connects. Any ideas? I don't know much about networks
> but am more than capable.
> Thanks
> Jer
Check your router DHCP server and make sure that it is set correctly and
does not set to include all the IPs possible.
You can try to restrict the DHCP to 10 IPs (if you have less than 10
computers, and if it does not solve the problem give the Vista a static IP
that is out of the DHCP range.
Jack (MVP-Networking).
<jcrobbinsster@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:666c4356-3097-4418-843a-226566bd4e02@p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>I have a wireless linksys router connected via cable to an XP
> desktop. Whenever my wife connects to the network with her vista
> laptop it disconects the main computer from the network saying
> duplicate IP address found. Once her computer is connected everything
> fixes itself. I occasionally connect an XP laptop with no issues. So
> I attempted to set a static IP address for the main computer by
> picking a number high in the list like 105 so that the vista computer
> would get the first available IP address and everything would be
> fine. However the computer works fine but still gets disconnected
> when the vista connects. Any ideas? I don't know much about networks
> but am more than capable.
> Thanks
> Jer