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- Let's talk quickly about IP conflicts.

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If two computers use the same IP address,

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you will have an IP conflict

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and both computers won't function

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or at least one of the
computers won't function.

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Now let's say as a network admin

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or a LAN support administrator

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or whatever job title you have,

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you were to apply the same address,

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let's say 192.168.1.101 to this computer

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and apply it to this
computer, 192.168.1.101.

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Right when this second
computer gets that address,

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it's gonna show an IP conflict
message on your screen

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and then both computers
are gonna have an issue

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connecting on the network.

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So what you'd have to do at
this point is you'd have to go

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to the second computer,
PC number two over here,

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and knock out that 101 and
put in the correct address,

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be it 102 or whatever.

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Then you'd reboot this system,

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then reboot this system,
and all should be good.

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Now, how can you get around this?

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The best way to get
around IP conflict issues

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is to use a DHCP server

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because the DHCP server will hand out

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the IP addresses automatically
to the computers.

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So that's gonna be the
best solution for you.

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Not only does it avoid
problems like IP conflicts

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but it automates the whole process for you

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so you don't have to go to each computer

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and set up a static IP address.

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So be sure to use DHCP,
even in small networks,

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so that computers can obtain
IP addresses automatically

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and avoid IP conflicts.