[AfrikanAdmin]

hi
i have a server running windows 2000 and i keep getting this windows sytem error saying the system has detected an ip adress conflict with another system on the network , my server has a static ip adress i have checked and found no machine having that ip adress i have looked in the dhcp adress leases as well through DNS forward look ups i cant find a pc with that adress , where else can i look other than going to each PC yet each pc is assignd an adress through DHCP please help

Afrikan :help:

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Hello AfrikanAdmin,
The next time you recieve that error message, go to Event Viewer (Start, Run, EVENTVWR) and check the System and Application logs. Look for an entry that says something like this:
"The system detected an address conflict for IP address 192.168.1.100 with the system having network hardware address 00:0C:41:9B:88:89".
If you find that message, then that hardware address will the be the address you will need to find; it will be the cause of the problem.

[Dan]

Hello AfrikanAdmin,
The next time you recieve that error message, go to Event Viewer (Start, Run, EVENTVWR) and check the System and Application logs. Look for an entry that says something like this:
"The system detected an address conflict for IP address 192.168.1.100 with the system having network hardware address 00:0C:41:9B:88:89".
If you find that message, then that hardware address will the be the address you will need to find; it will be the cause of the problem.

[dsenette]

you may also want to check the connecting hardware...ip conflicts are for every device...if you slipped up and gave a router the same ip as your server..then that will give a conflict as well...

[AfrikanAdmin]

hi dsenette

thanks for the insight but am sure that the router does not have the same ip adress i checked

anymore guides i will appreciate

thanks
Afrikan

[Dan]

You would also be recieving that error message if something on your network was designated an IP outside the permitted range; ie: if your router permits 192.168.1.100-199 addresses and something on your network has a .99 or .200 address, then that would also cause the conflict.

[peterm]

If you don't want to check the IP on every machine then the easy way is to turn all the machines off at night and turn 1 on at a time in the morning and watch for the popup.
Have you added a new modem or router or is there more then 1 server.