Solve : IP address question?

1.	Solve : IP address question?
Answer» In the FUTURE, I will be wanting to set up a MULTIPLAYER gaming LAN for playing games with some of the friends I hang out with on Fridays. Both computers I currently have internet access with have the same IP address. (69.14.57.100). To enable multiplayer gaming, I've heard that each computer should have a different IP address. How would I go about doing this?Quote from: Ryan on February 17, 2010, 06:56:18 PM Both computers I currently have internet access with have the same IP address. (69.14.57.100). To enable multiplayer gaming, I've heard that each computer should have a different IP address. How would I go about doing this? 1. Within a local area network (LAN), each computer must have a "unique" IP address in order to communicate properly. The procedures to set it may vary from operating system to operating system... See How do I change my IP address? or reference "2.b" below. 2. Reference(s): a. Home Network, Wireless Network and Computer Networking Made Easy b. How to Set IP Address and Other Network Information in Windows XPI see. The IP address I GAVE was given to me by a website. The IP address I was looking for wasn't that one. The IP address I had found earlier turned out to be that for the network. The computer's IP address was found under the wireless connection or local area connection properties. They were different, as they should be. It seems like the network is already set up. However, there's a computer with no network connection in the basement that lacks an ethernet card, and it will NEED one. That computer will get an IP address assigned to it when the card is installed, but I can't do it tonight as the card hasn't come in the mail.Okay... Microsoft ALSO did a nice writeup for home networks using Windows XP. See the "links" under the "Networking How-To Center" subheading.One thing I didn't tell you is that the computer I'm installing an ethernet card into has Windows 95 as the operating system. The link you provided is helpful, but not what I need.

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In the FUTURE, I will be wanting to set up a MULTIPLAYER gaming LAN for playing games with some of the friends I hang out with on Fridays. Both computers I currently have internet access with have the same IP address. (69.14.57.100). To enable multiplayer gaming, I've heard that each computer should have a different IP address. How would I go about doing this?Quote from: Ryan on February 17, 2010, 06:56:18 PM

Both computers I currently have internet access with have the same IP address. (69.14.57.100). To enable multiplayer gaming, I've heard that each computer should have a different IP address. How would I go about doing this?

1. Within a local area network (LAN), each computer must have a "unique" IP address in order to communicate properly. The procedures to set it may vary from operating system to operating system...

See How do I change my IP address? or reference "2.b" below.

2. Reference(s):
a. Home Network, Wireless Network and Computer Networking Made Easy
b. How to Set IP Address and Other Network Information in Windows XPI see. The IP address I GAVE was given to me by a website. The IP address I was looking for wasn't that one. The IP address I had found earlier turned out to be that for the network. The computer's IP address was found under the wireless connection or local area connection properties. They were different, as they should be. It seems like the network is already set up. However, there's a computer with no network connection in the basement that lacks an ethernet card, and it will NEED one. That computer will get an IP address assigned to it when the card is installed, but I can't do it tonight as the card hasn't come in the mail.Okay... Microsoft ALSO did a nice writeup for home networks using Windows XP.

See the "links" under the "Networking How-To Center" subheading.One thing I didn't tell you is that the computer I'm installing an ethernet card into has Windows 95 as the operating system. The link you provided is helpful, but not what I need.

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