How do assign a different IP address to a computer on my wireless network in order to avoid conflicts.?

Answer 1

There are multiple ways to assign a different IP to a system, but it would depend on the operating system you are using.

Ideally, if you are using a wireless router, you would have everything set to DHCP, and adjust the scope of the DHCP range to assign a limited number of IP addresses.

For instance, you could use the following configuration:

IP of wireless router: 192.168.1.1
DHCP range: 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.120
Use subnet mask 255.255.255.0 to use all IP addresses within the 192.168.1 subnet

If you need to statically assign an IP address, you could use an IP address outside of the 100-120 range (192.168.1.99 or 192.168.1.150 for examples) which would allow the wireless devices to have an assigned IP address by the wireless adapter, and devices you may want to ensure have a static IP (like a network printer) have an IP address outside of the DHCP range to ensure there is no conflict.

If you are configuring a printer which has network functionality, you may want to refer to the manufacturer documentation for assigning the IP address manually, as instructions may vary.

For most windows operating systems, open the Network/Network Connections Control Panel.
Right-click on your network adapter and choose properties.
Locate the "TCP/IP or Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" listing and click the Properties button.
Select the "Use the following IP address" and enter your IP information. Click OK and your system will be using the new IP address.

For many MAC systems, open the Network Preferences and there is an option to manually configure your IP address.

A word of caution, the problem with hard coding wireless devices especially, if you attempt to connect to a different wireless network, your connectivity may not work especially if their network settings differ from yours; resulting in either you constantly having to change/re-configure your own settings or just not using your wireless connection when you aren't within your own network.

Answer 2

On the computer, go to mynetwork and right click, select properties. On the LAN, right click and select properties. Hightlight the tcp/ip and click properties. In the box that pops up, select use the following ip, and add the ip address you'll want to use. you'll need the subnet (usually 255.255.255.0) and gateway as well and you'll need to tell what DNS server to use. If you have a router for your connection, it should be set up to give out ip addresses and there should be no conflict.

Answer 3

Go to network properties (right click on the my network places icon), then right click on the wireless connection icon, scroll down the window until you find TCP/IP, highlight it, then click the properties button.

Set it to obtain IP address automatically.

Make sure why wireless router has DHCP enabled.

Answer 4

go to start, control panel, network connections, right click the network your connect to and scrole down to properties, once there in the middle box you will see something that says tcp/ip and on vista it will say internet protocol version 4 (tcp/ipv4) select it and click properties now for this you will need to know some information about your internet connection mainly ip address, default gateway and dsn server you can find this info by going to start, RUN, type in "CMD", and once in the command prompt type in "ipconfig /all" that will give you the basic info you need