Your IP Address is being used by another computer keeps coming up a lot, Is that someone hacking into my broadband would you say or is that something that comes up on the Mac and I just don't know about it?
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IP being used by another?
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shouldn't be getting this a lot, but it can be changed in your router settings
what happens is the router allocates an address for each of the devices on your network
for me I have
192.168.2.2
up to about
192.168.2.10
8 different devices, last digit just changes
I think as default, the computer gets to use this address for X amount of days, then it requests another from the router, sometimes if machines are off, then when it requests a new one, it can take an expired one from another machine (which can give the message you are seeing)
for me, I configuring my router to say that the lease time is forever, so they never expire, so once a machine gets its address, it keeps it
you can also turn off DHCP on your router, and manually configure devices
If thats makes any sense
it's all to do with how your router handles DHCP
Its possible for it to still happen with 2 devices
you could manually setup your phone to see if it resolves the issue (easier than changing the router)
on the phone, go into settings
then click on wifi
click the little arrow next to your router name
the top selection 'IP Address' make a note of all these settings
click the button that says static and manually type in the settings from the above
the only difference you want to make is the top one for IP Address
eg
mine is currently 192.168.2.4 change the last digit to a higher number (192.168.2.10)
See how it goes with this
To revert back just click the DHCP button instead of the static, the phone will then auto set itself up from the router
you could manually setup your phone to see if it resolves the issue (easier than changing the router)
on the phone, go into settings
then click on wifi
click the little arrow next to your router name
the top selection 'IP Address' make a note of all these settings
click the button that says static and manually type in the settings from the above
the only difference you want to make is the top one for IP Address
eg
mine is currently 192.168.2.4 change the last digit to a higher number (192.168.2.10)
See how it goes with this
To revert back just click the DHCP button instead of the static, the phone will then auto set itself up from the router