Sonovabich Posted November 21, 2010 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5198 Achievement Points: 131537 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 9 Device: Windows Posted November 21, 2010 Had a bit of a problem loading up xfire this morning (seems to be working fine now though) i got a message saying that network had detected 2 identical IP addresses running from my PC or something and that i should contact my internet provider, wtf does that mean, has someone else got hold of my IP address or what, i don't understand all this crap
Ph4nt0m Posted November 21, 2010 Member ID: 1 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 39 Topic Count: 162 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1909 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 121 Achievement Points: 11489 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/06/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 4, 2020 Birthday: 06/28/1975 Posted November 21, 2010 Do you have more than 1 computer connected to your home network ? Most home netwroks work by using DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) to configure the IP address of any network device on the network or any new device joining the network, The IP addresses are only leased to the devices that use them, the default lease time on most DHCP servers is 24 hours, it's possible that when a device connects to the network, it may get an IP address of 192.168.0.5 assigned to it by the DHCP server, then after 24 hours, that IP address is released so it can be assigned to any new devices, it's possible that one of the devices on your network had it's assigned IP address for longer than the default 24 hour lease time, and a new device connecting to the network was assigned the same IP as an existing device, The same problem exists when one device on the network has a Fixed IP address that is also in the same range of IP's that the DHCP server will try to assign, you will sooner or later then get an IP address conflict,
Sonovabich Posted November 21, 2010 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5198 Achievement Points: 131537 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 9 Device: Windows Author Posted November 21, 2010 Yes my son has a PC connected too, never thought about that .....DOH! told ya i did'nt understand this crap
Cavey Posted November 21, 2010 Member ID: 92 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 42 Topic Count: 97 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2241 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 606 Achievement Points: 13358 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 11, 2020 Birthday: 06/09/1977 Posted November 21, 2010 If you still have the problem, you can force both machines to get another IP Address. Simply click on Start, then run (or if windows 7, Start, then in the search window).... Type "cmd" (without quotes). You will get a black command window appear. Simply type "ipconfig /release" (again without quotes). Once it returns to a new line, then type "ipconfig /renew". Once finished, this will have released the ip address presently assigned to your computer, and requested a new one. Do this on your other machine aswell.
Sonovabich Posted November 21, 2010 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5198 Achievement Points: 131537 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 9 Device: Windows Author Posted November 21, 2010 Ooo n1 thanks Cavey
Cavey Posted November 21, 2010 Member ID: 92 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 42 Topic Count: 97 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2241 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 606 Achievement Points: 13358 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 11, 2020 Birthday: 06/09/1977 Posted November 21, 2010 Actually SOB, I'll go a little further, so you understand what an IP Address is and what it's used for. A good friend and tutor once told me that the simplest way to look at it, is to relate it to Royal Mail, or any postal service (keep with me, it will make sence!!!). So in order that a letter can be sent by a friend of yours, and reach you at your home, your house (along with everyone else) has a unique postal address. The postal service, start from the bottom of the address and work upwards. So your Post Code narrows it down to an area with a county, then a road, and finally a house number or name. If there were 2 houses with the same address, the postal service would struggle to deliver the letter, and sometimes the other property would receive your mail. Well the same principle applies with computers. Every computer (or network device) that wants to send and receive information, must have a unique IP Address. An IP Address just looks different, for example 192.102.84.25. Also it works in the opposite direction. So the post code would relate to the 192, then town/city would 102, road = 84 and finally your house would be 25. So when your machine wanted to communicate with xfire, xfire came back basically saying, "I'm confused, should I be talking to you or the other pc in the house?" This is how PC's/networks communicate (send and receive information) with each other. Though this is explaining it in the most basic fashion. I hope it helps.
Belle Posted November 21, 2010 Member ID: 503 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 181 Topic Count: 71 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2461 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 1213 Achievement Points: 15555 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/24/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Monday at 03:42 PM Device: Windows Posted November 21, 2010 You can also log into your router SOB and release/renew the IPs from there. For most routers you would click on the Setup Tab, then Status. Look for DHCP Release / Renew. Then click on Local Network and look at your DHCP Client Table to make sure everything is ok. Awards
Sonovabich Posted November 21, 2010 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5198 Achievement Points: 131537 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 9 Device: Windows Author Posted November 21, 2010 You are all assuming i know what i'm doing
Hickeydog Posted November 21, 2010 Member ID: 783 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 283 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 27 Achievement Points: 1698 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 6, 2015 Birthday: 04/10/1990 Posted November 21, 2010 If you have two computers connected to one network which connects to the internet, then xFire will only see your external IP address. As far as xFire is concerned, there is only one computer at that IP. Your router keeps tracks of which requests come from which computer. It's likely that you got hijacked.
PigDog Posted November 21, 2010 Member ID: 222 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 88 Topic Count: 331 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 3847 Content Per Day: 0.67 Reputation: 1628 Achievement Points: 25635 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1 Birthday: 02/05/1968 Device: Windows Posted November 21, 2010 you didn't get hijacked, you just got butt diddled Awards
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