IP address conflict What to do

You will not be able to use the network when your computer uses an error that "the computer detects a conflict between the IP address and your network card physical address." At this point, you can do the following to resolve the problem:

1 if the operating system of the computer you are using is: Windows 98

Click on the lower left corner "start" → "Run", type: Winipcfg, click "OK", in the pop-up window, click "Release All", and then click "All Update", you can solve the problem.

If you are prompted not to update, you will need to restart your computer.

2 If the operating system of the computer you are using is: Windows 2000 or Windows XP

Click on the lower left corner "start" → "Run", type: Ipconfig/release, click "OK", click "Start" → "Run", type: ipconfig/renew, click "OK", you can solve the problem.