IP address question?

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IP address question?

Answer 1

oops.



you need to assign a 'private" ip space like 192.168.1.10 and 11



you also cant have a 555.555.0.0 subnet its impossible, maybe its255.255.255.0







the 344.300.1.50 is from your isp. if you assign .51 someone else is going to be very upset

Answer 2

you need a router or 2 nics in one computer one for the modem and one for the network turn on internet connection sharing and it will assign ip automatically. i work dsl tech support i don't know what modem you have but if it is a single user you cannot just assign a manual ip address and have it work because the modem only supports 1 ip address. you cannot do it the way that you are trying to do it.

Answer 3

That primarily depends if you are behind a router or not.

If it is just a private network and both are connected to a router (a cable modem is a router, too) then enable automatic for dhcp and disable wins completely.

To make sure you don't run in trouble with your router give your 2 computers different names. IBM used "asterix" and "idefix" for their mainframes here in Munich if I remeber correctly.



If those two computers are not connected to the internet you can set non-public IP adresses for your computers like another answerer sugested.. I normally use 192.168.64.1 and ...2



If you only have one plug into your router or cable modem you can connect one of your computers directly to the router and let the router give you an IP. On the network card that you need to connect to your second computer you set up the DHCP server service and set the card to a fixed IP somewhere in the range of 192.168.x.x. The DHCP service must be set to distribute in the same adress range.

I set the DHCP server IP to 192.168.64.1 and the adress range is 192.168.64.0/24.

That will usually lead to a situation like this:

Computer #1 gets a public IP of your provider for instance 31.36.233.11 (that is a random IP I just invented) and on the local network it has the fixed IP 192.168.64.1.

Now... Your DHCP service will only distribute local IP adresses over network cards with a fixed adress your second computer will get one out of 192.168.64.2 - 192.168.64.254. (under most circumstances it will always be 192.168.64.2)

Answer 4

If you have a router (and it looks like you do), just let DCHP assign the IP address.

Answer 5

Um... First off, you are making your network way to complacated. all you need to do is set up the IP and Subnet Mask to make a network. Here is an example.

PC 1

125.000.000.001

255.255.000.000

PC 2

125.000.000.002

255.255.000.000



You can also just use the automatic setup for new networks. I know you don't get to force the IP that way but if you are working with a router, it is better that way.



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Answer 6

They both have the same address because that is the address provided by the router. Log in to your router and find out the available ip's is gives out, you can change that as well. You only need to change the ip. The rest should stay the same, but I'm not sure why you want to change them. Does it just bug you to have the same ip? You only get one ip from your isp and your router takes it and "routs" it. Contact me and give me details of what you are trying to accomplish.

Answer 7

Are you using a router or a hub?

it sounds like your two computers are receiving the same IP address because they are accessing the same DSL modem with a properly configured hub or router.



Yes, you can assign an IP address to one computer but you have to use the numbers.

I am willing to bet your IP address is similiar to:

192.168.1.50

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

Default gateway: 192.168.1.1



Delete the DHCP address and leave the DNS address.

Don't bother with the wins information.



Go to your working computer.

go start -> run

type CMD

Type net config /all



copy down the DNS numbers



and enter them into the computer that you are assigning the an IP address to. You should be fine.



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Answer 8

You should just give both of tbe computers a Static IP.

Answer 9

First you want to bring up the command prompt on both of the computers.

Next you want to type in the command line "ipconfig"

After that you want to type in "ipconfig/release"

The last step is to type "ipconfig/renew"



When you do this you want to do one pc at a time.



Email me at [e-mail] to let me know how this works for you.

Answer 10

Turn on both computers.

Go to computer 1 and click the start button

Select run

Type in: cmd (or if the is Windows 95,98 or ME: command)

In the window that appears type: ipconfig /release

This will clear the IP address on the 1 computer

Repeat on second computer



Now that both computers have been cleared of IP inforamtion,

Go to computer 1 and type: ipconfig /renew

The computer will get a new IP address

Repeat on second computer



You should now have different IP addresses on each of the computers



Happy Interneting...



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Answer 11

It seems to me that you have a router in your system that has built-in DHCP functions. If so, on your computers, select the option for automatic IP address assignment and DNS settings (i.e. Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically). Then, once the computers turn on, they will ask the DHCP server for a valid IP address and the DHCP server will make sure that IP addresses it assigns to them do not clash with each other. The sub-net mask and DNS settings will also be automatically set by the DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol) server. If this doesn't solve the problem, it is likely that someone else on the network is setting their IP settings manually and are choosing an IP address that clashes with other devices on the network. If you have a wireless network (which I suspect you do), make sure that you make use of security settings (e.g. WPA-PSK and MAC Address Filtering) so that anyone nearby (e.g. neighbors) can't connect to your network. Consult your wireless router or access point's manual on how to do this.



If you still want to set your IP addresses manually, the settings you have given seem to be okay and assigning the other PC the next higher address should work. Leave the rest of the settings the same on each PC. You might also want to check that IP addresses you have assigned them are not in the range that the DHCP server will automatically assign to other devices on the network.







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Answer 12

Are you just going to connect these two PCs together? Or will both the PCs be a part of a larger network? If it is the first case, then read on.



Connect the two PCs. Set the IP addresses in a simple format.



For the first PC

IP x.x.x.y

Subnet MAsk 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway x.x.x.1



For the second PC

IP x.x.x.y+1

Subnet MAsk 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway x.x.x.1



Note : x.x.x represents the same octet combination



You dont have to configure Primary and Secondary DNS. Even it asks you to enter DNS address. Enter some random ip.



I hope i was helpful enough.

Answer 13

WINS and DNS are only used for dynamic addressing. Assign the IPs manually and restart. Also make sure the computer names are different.

Answer 14

hi,

are both pc's set to obtain ip automatically?

do either have alternate configurations for tcp/ip?

what are the actual private ip, subnetmask, and default gateway?

does either machine have a second nic?

has either machine had a recent nic install? the reason i ask this, is i have seen this when an old nic that has been removed, keeps registry entries for tcp/ip settings.

Answer 15

do yourself a big favor and get a router either a wired or wireless it will make your live a whole lot easier. You could set up connection shareing on one of the pc and then connect the other pc to thtat pc but it is much easier to just go buy a router

Answer 16

You could have both of them obtain an IP address automatically from whatever network you connect to. It's probably the most foolproof way of doing things.



Also, you can communicate with those people who have enabled it in their profiles. (I, for example, have not.)

Answer 17

im not sure if you can do this if there both on a network they have to have same ip i think,you can get static ips for networked pcs from your isp,please give more details,also to contact someone in here you can simply click on there name and send a message or email if they have made it available otherwise goto your question and click edit/add details and use that