THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Phoenix Dark on December 04, 2006, 10:36:32 PM
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"There is an IP address conflict on the server" or something like that; basically it sounds like another IP is on my network right? I'm assuming this means someone is leeching off my wireless internet/network.
Am I right in assuming this, or is the problem more severe?
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most likely someone leeching. Log on to your router and see what's up. If your router is assigning IP addresses, then it's probably something else. It shouldn't be assigning doubles.
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do an "ipconfig /renew" from the command line first, just in case.
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Someone is prolly leaching off of you to play Mario Kart DS on the interwebs.
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do an "ipconfig /renew" from the command line first, just in case.
Um, what's that?
But also I should be able to just lock my wireless connection to stop this right? I had it open for Nintendo WiFi, but I should have closed in ages ago considering I rarely play my DS online anymore
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Where are you located PD? Are you at home or College Dorm? It could be that someone else is on the same subnet as you with the same exact IP.
You could try going into Start>Run> Type CMD> Type "ipconfig /renew"
If its a public network than its nothing serious. Just a conflict of IPs. If its on a private home network, then there is a possibility that someone is leeching.
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go the command prompt and type "ipconfig /release" and when it finishes type "ipconfig /renew" and see if that clears up the problem, first. Your DHCP address lease may have expired but your NIC refused to update the IP -- it happens from time to time.
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Where are you located PD? Are you at home or College Dorm? It could be that someone else is on the same subnet as you with the same exact IP.
You could try going into Start>Run> Type CMD> Type "ipconfig /renew"
If its a public network than its nothing serious. Just a conflict of IPs. If its on a private home network, then there is a possibility that someone is leeching.
I'm living a couple minutes away from main campus. My neighbors a house down are a bunch of kids from the university (on the baseball team) and I've suspected them of fucking with me in the past. Someone stole the "For Rent" sign out of the front yard, and apparently someone took the other sign out the window last night lol. Dumbass college pranks.
I'm going to try this ipconfig thing
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You should teepee their houses. C'mon, I'll do it with you... it'll be fun.
8)
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I'm trying to hack you.
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The Dark Shake is trying to hack you. Go to his house, smash his keyboard, fill his ethernet port with gum and then break all the bones in his hands. It's the only thing you CAN do at this juncture.
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Ok I did the ipconfig and it shows me some things; I'm not going to share the numbers for obvious reasons
Conection-specific DNS suffix: it's Comcast
IP Address: #
Subnet Mask: #
Default Gateway: #
What should I be looking for?
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nothing; it should clear up the conflict IF there is a DHCP table issue.
Do you have your wireless internet secured (WPA or WPA2)?
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The Dark Shake is trying to hack you. Go to his house, smash his keyboard, fill his ethernet port with gum and then break all the bones in his hands. It's the only thing you CAN do at this juncture.
:-*
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encrypt your stuff, trying /renew and see if you still have an issue.
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nothing; it should clear up the conflict IF there is a DHCP table issue.
Do you have your wireless internet secured (WPA or WPA2)?
I think it's secured. I'll check. I have a WRT54GS Linksys router
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Conection-specific DNS suffix: it's Comcast
No, man. It's Comcastic!
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Alright I tried accessing the router but apparently I don't have the password/username. I tried the default password (admin) but it didn't work. This was no big deal on my last computer and I just pushed the reset button on the router to access it. But I want to run that idea past you guys first.
It won't fuck up my internet connection or anything if I push the reset button right?
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It will reset the settings of the Router to the default Manufacture settings. If you didn't set anything specific than it should be ok.
Though, its kinda weird that you can't access the router now even though its the default password
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I had a weird issue like this once when my router started acting goofy. I've got the IP addresses hardcoded on our network, and we were getting a weird conflicting IP address error. I fucked with the router a bit, as well as ipconfig, and everything sorted itself out.
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On my router, I run into problems if I set a subnet mask like 255.255.0.0 instead of the default 255.255.255.0. After a couple hours of use, the router basically stops working with my cable modem and I have to reset the configuration data. Really weird.
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Ok I'm in.
Wireless security was disabled. Now I'm trying to figure out which option to choose
WPA Personal
WPA Enterprise
WPA2 Personal
WPA2 Enterprise
RADIUS
WEP
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WPA2 Personal or Enterprise (just do personal). WEP sucks; RADIUS requires an EAP provider; WPA is old and busted but may be necessary for some network devices (like the shitty-ass Wii and DS WiFi security support).
You'll need to configure all your WiFi devices to use WPA2 (if they support it) and provide them with the passkey phrase you selected.
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WPA2 Personal or Enterprise (just do personal). WEP sucks; RADIUS requires an EAP provider; WPA is old and busted but may be necessary for some network devices (like the shitty-ass Wii and DS WiFi security support).
You'll need to configure all your WiFi devices to use WPA2 (if they support it) and provide them with the passkey phrase you selected.
Ok I'll choose that. Now what should I do with the shared key?
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lol you had wireless internet without encryption? Thats begging for trouble right there.
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Advice? :(
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Well if your router has the option to not broadcast the SSID do it, and limiting access to your computers certain mac addresses is also helpful.
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What do I do about the WPA shared key?
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This is one of the reasons I'm iffy on switching to a wireless connection. I get all paranoid whenever I think of someone else having access to me e-treasure trove. :-\
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Would someone be able to access my files and stuff though, or see what sites I visit..?
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They would need to know what their doing but yes, yes they can.
And I just use WEP and MAC Address Filtering as a deterrent. I'm 100% sure the Asian people next door don't have idea what the "Internet" is.
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Would someone be able to access my files and stuff though, or see what sites I visit..?
depends on your settings. But if you didn't touch the settings when you first setup your router, then yeah, most likely. Hide that furry porn, buddy.