IP address conflict

[thedon1]

I have a wireless router with 2 devices connected via ethernet (PC and XBOX 360) and 3 devices connected wirelessley (Imac, macbook, iphone and printer).

This morning i was using my imac and all of a sudden i got a message saying another device is using my i.p address.

I tried restarting the router, the computer airport but nothing worked. The only other device on at this point was the macbook which received the same message.

I assigned a manual address to the imac via the advanced settings in airport but how do i fix this so that i.p addresses are assigned automatically?

Why did this even happened?

Thanks

 

[angelwatt]

Here's a thread on the topic you might want to look over. Here's another discussion.

 

[thedon1]

I looked at those links but there was not a real long term solution.

When airport assigns an i.p address it is really far for from the usual 192.168.x.xx