Ip Address

[fred2007]

I know every body has an IP address but can some one have 2 of them on one computer?

I am confused now I check my broadband speed it tells me a certain IP address but when I try

to repair my connection it tells me a different number. Why is that? I do have messages coming up

many times which tells me there is a conflict with my IP address. Can anybody explain to me what is going on but just in simple terms I am not the best in comp jargons

[fred2007]

Anybody please

[bangla]

you can have 100 ip addresses but you only can use 1

somebody is using the same ip address as you are on your network.

that's causing the conflict.

[fred2007]

you can have 100 ip addresses but you only can use 1

somebody is using the same ip address as you are on your network.

that's causing the conflict.

well you learn every day thanks for that

[webfact]

To avoid such problems you need a fixed IP.

[thaimite]

I know every body has an IP address but can some one have 2 of them on one computer?

I am confused now I check my broadband speed it tells me a certain IP address but when I try

to repair my connection it tells me a different number. Why is that? I do have messages coming up

many times which tells me there is a conflict with my IP address. Can anybody explain to me what is going on but just in simple terms I am not the best in comp jargons

It sounds like you have a router on your network.

The IP address you see when you check your speed is the IP address given to you by your ISP. This will be somethig like 61.19.x.y depending on your ISP.

If you have a router it provide a different IP address for each device on your network and control the traffic through it so that each device on your network has a unique IP address but only one is seen by the outside world. (The one you see when you check your speed)

This is known as NAT (Network address translation).

These addresses can be something like 192.168.1.x depending on the ake of rputer and the way it is set up.

Normally the router wil assign a unique IP addresses to each computer in your home automatically, but somebody may have set up your computers with a static IP which means you are getting a duplicate and this has to be fixed manualyThe other possibility is that you are using wireless and somebody is using your wireless signal to get their Internet connection and they have a static IP address which is causing a conflict with your PC.

[Crushdepth]

I think you are mixing up the public IP of your router and the private IP of your computer. Your router gets issued a public IP from your internet service provider. When you do a speedtest, your computer has to pass through the router to get to the internet, so to the outside world your computer seems to be using the router's public IP address (as will any other computer on your LAN). Internally behind the router (on your LAN) you are probably using a private IP address range (usually 192.x.x.x or 10.x.x.x). These are reserved ranges for internal networks and can't be reached directly over the internet. So what you are seeing is normal, don't worry about it.

The thing you do need to worry about is the conflicting IP message. There must be another computer in your LAN that is using the same private IP number. This can create headaches. The easiest way out is to go into the network connection settings of your computer => properties => TCP/IP 4 and set it to automatic assignment of IP number. If that doesn't fix it, then you might need to i) check that DHCP server is turned on in your router, or ii) check the IP settings of whatever other computer on your network has the same address and change it.

[opalhort]

I have this "conflicting IP" issue from time to time.

Most of the times a re-start of the PC with the error resolves the problem.

If this does not work (very rare) I shut down all PCs (3 on cable 1 on WiFi) and then shut down the router.

After I restart the router I restart each PC (one after another) and all is okay. DO NOT power everything up at the same time!

Router first and wait for it to stabilize then one PC at a time and always wait until the PC has logged in correctly to your router before powering up the next PC!

opalhort

[ozzydave]

Anybody please

Not strictly correct.

We use multiple IP addresses on some of our machines with success (on each NIC card). However it is normal for each interface to have a seperate IP address, usually in a different IP addr range

However I assume you are referring to the an ISP assigned IP address, and a local IP (perhaps from your LAN interface).

IF you intend to share the internet with multiple PC I wluld suggest that you get an appropriate firewall/router. From experience I would stay away from DLINK (nothing but trouble and sub standard support in even english speaking countries). Billion or Linksys have a better reputation. The setup will depend upon your specific needs, but most are close to plug and play out of the box.