I use a linksys wireless card to connect to the internet, and whenever I restart my computer I can never GET on the web unless I right click on Wirless Connection 2 (linksys) and hit repair. Then it repairs and renews my IP address. My problem is that often times as I am on the web that an error message shows up saying "There is a conflict with another IP address on the network" or something similar to that.

Now I tried to open up a propmt using
nbtstat -A
but when I do this the command prompt quickly flashes and will not display for me.

Can anyone HELP me please fix this IP address problem, I'm tired of getting logged of the internet.
Thanks!How many other pc's do you have on your network?
Are they all set to obtain ip and dns server addresses automatically?

Do your pc's and router have DHCP enabled?

Try using XP's in built network troubleshooter.
Start> Help & Support> Fixing a Problem> Networking Problems> Diagnose Network Configuration and run automated networking TESTS> Scan your system.

See what results you get.We have 3 computers connected to a router, all through wireless connections. The other computers do not have this problem, just mine. I believe everything is set up to obtain addresses automatically. As for DHCP enabled, I'm not familiar with this term and don't know where to check.
The scan reported a GTW modem and network adapters failed.

In the last hour alone I probably had a dozen warnings come up of this IP address problem and three of these times I was logged off the web.What operating system?

This problem sounds to me as though your computer has a static IP and the router gave the same IP out to one of the other computers on your network.

A quick check to see if there is actually another IP on the network the same as yours is to click the start button, select run and type in CMD(in XP and Win2k). Then type this into the command prompt:

ipconfig /all

This command will show you whether or not DHCP is enabled or not on your computer. Also if your IP comes up as all zeroes then there is a duplicate IP on the network.I have XP.

Ok, I did this and here's some info it told me:

IP routing enabled-NO
WINS proxy enabled-NO
DHcp enabled-YES
The default Gateway and DHCP server are the same address, while my IP address is something different. None of them are all 0's.

Lease obtained today and expires tomorrow.Your DHCP is running fine. The default gateway and the DHCP are the same because they are the same thing, the router. The router is your default gateway and it is also responsible for IP addressing.

Do you have a known good spare network adapter? Try swapping that for the one in your computer now, see if that makes a difference. Your NIC may be failing.No I don't have a spare network adapter. How much would one run and how do I go about setting this all up?They're not that expensive. Perhaps you could borrow one from one of the other computers, temporarily?

Either way they are simple to swap out. Do you have experience changing adapter cards in your PC?

Remeber to ground yourself.I REALLY have no skills what so ever when it comes to computers. All I want is for this dang error message to stop popping up and logging me off.Who is your ISP. SOme have a max numbers of PC's that connect via DHCP. Cox is 3 for instance. When a fourth comes on at my house the same error messages fluorish.