- Let's talk quickly about IP conflicts.
If two computers use the same IP address,
you will have an IP conflict
and both computers won't function
or at least one of the computers won't function.
Now let's say as a network admin
or a LAN support administrator
or whatever job title you have,
you were to apply the same address,
let's say 192.168.1.101 to this computer
and apply it to this computer, 192.168.1.101.
Right when this second computer gets that address,
it's gonna show an IP conflict message on your screen
and then both computers are gonna have an issue
connecting on the network.
So what you'd have to do at this point is you'd have to go
to the second computer, PC number two over here,
and knock out that 101 and put in the correct address,
be it 102 or whatever.
Then you'd reboot this system,
then reboot this system, and all should be good.
Now, how can you get around this?
The best way to get around IP conflict issues
is to use a DHCP server
because the DHCP server will hand out
the IP addresses automatically to the computers.
So that's gonna be the best solution for you.
Not only does it avoid problems like IP conflicts
but it automates the whole process for you
so you don't have to go to each computer
and set up a static IP address.
So be sure to use DHCP, even in small networks,
so that computers can obtain IP addresses automatically
and avoid IP conflicts.