im having problems with my router, theres 5 students in my house and 4 have no problem using the router one however has the sanem problem trying to connect his lap top to the wireless router...it says his connection is limited or no connectivity and there is an ip conflict or something to that effect...i've tried resetting the router unplugging the modem and re booting...any ideas what could solve this?
2006-11-19 06:19:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
If there is an IP conflict your DHCP may be having some confusion on what IP Adress to assign this fith computer. Does your ISP limit the number of IP Addresses you are allowed to use? Sometimes it is neccasary to clone the MAC Address of the first computer hooked up when your ISP set up your account. There are some ISPs which allow only so many computers to access their bandwidth. So, when you clone the MAC Address to the Router it then uses that address to communicate with the Modem the ISP is using for your connection which then allows the Account Holder with the ISP to use more than the stipulated number of computers.
So, you may be maxed out right now with the four or five if you have one too, and this computer is unable to get an IP Adress from the Routers DHCP utility. In order to fix this you will have to reconfigure your entire Network. Now, this may sound daunting, but it really is not that difficult. While it is more detailed than I can write here, get this book as it will help you a great deal: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Networking, by Mark Edward Soper.
This book is about 350 pages long, has detailed information which is right on target and is easy to understand. It is layed out in a logical pattern, with step by step instructions for setting up and configuring Networks. It will tell you how to clone the Mac Address of the main computer so the Routers DHCP can give out more addresses than the ISP allows without them knowing.
Now, the only other thing I can think of, which may be simpler, is if you put the password in this computer properly during the attempts to connect. You do have a password protected network right? If even one charactor is typed in wrong, it will not allow connection to the Network. I doubt this is the problem, but it is still worth mentioning here. If you do not have a password protected network with encryption, you need to do that as soon as possible, and that book I mentioned above will walk you through it easily.
Good luck and I hope you get this fixed as soon as possible. Network problems are a real hassle. Have a great day!
2006-11-19 06:33:12 · answer #1 · answered by Serenity 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check the ipdresses of everybody. Try giving each computer an static ipaddress and see if you all can connect. You should be able to connect and not have the ip conflict anymore. Check the settings of your router and make sure that it is giving away more than 5 ip addresses so that you all get a different one. Set it to give away about 10 if its only you guys that use the connection. Just make sure that you have an encryption on it. Hope that works for you.
2006-11-19 15:52:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah setup DHCP in it. This is Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, or in other words it is used in networks to automatically sign IP Addresses.
If your router keeps doing this after DHCP is installed then something is up with it. I would then do MAC to IP setup.
2006-11-19 14:26:29 · answer #3 · answered by jack 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋