Attn: Computer Dorks! I Need Your Help! (tech help thread)

[Ace!]

[jimmy]

[Dyne]

[Atomicfog]

[Eulogic]

[FlankingLine]

[Ace!]

[M_B]

[Ace!]

He's an older Irishman. I think he would have tried that had I not been his neighbor.

[Nekofrog]

Try putting in a static IP that no one else is using.

192.168.1.xxxxxxwhatever your IP scheme happens to be.

[soujiRo]

Computers cannot share the same IP address. That error means simply that another computer on the same network has the same IP address as his computer, and that's what causing the error to appear. Is he connecting via wireless or wired?

I'm not sure but you can ask him to restart the router.

[mrmoeo]

[Caesius]

The problem is the fact that you live in China where 99.9% of the population uses a pirated version of Windows.

[jimmy]

u noob ips is easy

[Ace!]

Okay, so basically what's happened is that some douche who moved in in the past three days has assigned himself the IP address that my neighbor was given a few weeks ago. Got it.

I'll give that a go this afternoon. Thanks for putting it in English for me. It is appreciated.