'IP address conflict'...?

Alan_Cross

Booted up the PC this morning to find a windows warning notice: 'IP address conflict. Another computer on this network has the same IP address. Contact your provider, etc etc.'

We've been using tablets and smartphones off the house router for years so it seems unlikely one of these could have triggered this.

Has anyone else come up against the problem and established a cause?

glentoran99

It will be a case of you haven't used the computer in a while or something and in the meantime one of the other devices was assigned the same IP and the computer didn't look for a new one.


Its not really a big problem, reboot the router and the devices

Stephen-k

I think you might have fallen foul of the new Win 10 update. Some not all users of WX have reported problems with IP addresses .
Often switching your PC off then on as well as the router can resolve the issue. There are many cures depending on your setup so your friend Google will help you better than I.

esuhl

Rebooting the router should do the trick. Otherwise check your IP address allocations (on the router and individual devices) and DHCP settings (on the router).