What happens if two computers have the same IP address?

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I'm trying to play video games on my two computers.
one is connected straight to the internet the other is accessing it via wifi to the router next to my upstairs computer. but it says that they both have the same ip address and due to this any game that involves entering the other IP address to play is useless.
please help me!!!

hi, we have recently got a new modem for our home computer, i used to be able to connect up to the internet from my laptop wireless. but now i cant, my laptop says limted or no connectivity and the home computer says 2 have the same ip address whats happened?
Thaanks.

I am trying to run a server for a game on my computer but the problem is that everyone in my neighborhood has the same IP because of how the network is set up, is there any way to get around this without having to use programs like Log Me In - Hamachi

can i give same ip address with different subnetmask to 2 computers i same network?

LEO, my computer keeps saying that it has the same ip address as something else, i have an xbox up stairs and i use the ip address of the computer downstairs, i also have a labtop up stairs and i get internet from my neighbor. so do you think that my xbox is ruining it or my labtop, or something else? i need help

am i to understand that if i two seperate emails come from two seperate people in two seperate towns yet both emails have the same ip addresses, that i am actually being fooled by one single person? i had my suspicions due to the wording being far to similar, so i checked the ip addresses and turns out they are the same. what if the mails are being sent via a mobile phone isp?

Hi Leo

My Home network and my work network computers, have the same IP addresses.I want to remote to my work network with my laptop that is networked at home.

Do I have to manually change the IP addresses at home? If I do, do I also change the router stetting?

thank you
Claude

Call me crazy, but i got this warning message after being away from home all day and I only left one computer turned on that was connected to my router. Have you ever heard of this warning coming up falsely in XP Pro? My only other explanation is that someone plugged in a computer to my router while I was gone :'(

I got a laptop and sharing wirless with someone else in the house, it was working fine until yestersday when it was telling me that i have the same ip address as another computer and now my internet wont work .. why is this

if two systems have same IP address than congestion can occur on the network,slows down the data rate nd speed.

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