"Martin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Has anyone experienced problems with a Netgear DG834G V2 router giving "IP
> address conflict" errors on PCs that are given IP addresses by DHCP.
>
What is the exact error and how is it being shown.
> It's a default setup (no IP address reservation, MAC address filtering
> etc).
>
I do hope WPA2 is being used.
> There are two PCs (both Windows Vista) which connect wirelessly, though
> sometimes the problem occurs even when only one PC is turned on.
>
It sounds like Vista is set with one IP address, not to ask the router for
one
to be assigned.
> I'm not sure what firmware the router has, what IP address the PC is being
> allocated and what entries exist in the DHCP client table.
>
No hope for your then !
> I've not seen the problem with any other Netgear DG834G/GT/PN routers, and
> even this one has not shown the problem until recently - it has worked
> fine for several years.
It isn't the router causing the problem, someone else is probably using the
network so two computers are confusing it!
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