IP conflict

[Ultra Violent]

Started to get messages along the lines of "there is an ip conflict with another machine on the network".

I've recently moved to pre-N with has killed my Sonos, but not sure if this is the source of the above error as well.

[Plotloss]

Are the IP addresses on each machine statically assigned or served via DHCP?

[Ultra Violent]

Err, dont know.

Thing is, there is only one PC (plus 3 sonos) on the wireless network normally. So, is you question wrt the Sonos as well? And how do I tell whether it is static or dynamic?

[ThePassenger]

Ultra Violent said:

Err, dont know.

Thing is, there is only one PC (plus 3 sonos) on the wireless network normally. So, is you question wrt the Sonos as well? And how do I tell whether it is static or dynamic?

If, when you built the machine you just added the WiFi drivers and connected to the network with no further need to do anything then you're using DHCP.
If you had to type in things like 192.168.0.2, 255.255.255.0 in to the PC then you're using static.

It's more common to use DHCP these days with broadband routers (especially wireless ones)as it takes a lot of the work out of it.

Sounds like your DHCP system has got its knikers in a knot. Reboot the AP/Router whilst the other machines are powered down. Should sort it out.