Private Network Address And DHCP

I am using a windows peer-to-peer network with workstations assigned ip
addresses using DHCP. However, occasionally the workstations have a
'private network address' when i look under the network connections box.
When they have a private network address they are unable to access any other
workstations on the network. How can i stop this from happening and what is
it?

Paul wrote:
> I am using a windows peer-to-peer network with workstations assigned
> ip addresses using DHCP. However, occasionally the workstations have
> a 'private network address' when i look under the network connections
> box. When they have a private network address they are unable to
> access any other workstations on the network. How can i stop this
> from happening and what is it?

If a windows machine can't contact a DHCP server it will assign itself a
"private address".
They are 169....something or other.
Thats what's happening.
As for why , you need to find out where the problem lies.
It could be down to your DHCP server , your network cabling and switches ,
or the local machine
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