Windows 10: 2 computers unable to connect to the WiFi, seem to be competing for the same ip address

Me and my brothers PC's had been working on the WiFi perfectly fine a few weeks ago until they both started having the issue at the same time. A cable each is connected to the back of the router being in slot 1 and 2.I've tried all the suggestions I could find:Resetting WiFi router - only works temporarily sometimes not at allGoing through command prompt, doing the 'ipconfig' and 'netsh' commands and only getting the error 'DHCP client has already been assigned or in use' something along the lines of thatI'm really struggling to find a solution as I've been getting frustrated over it, any help

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Unable to find printer IP Address

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



Here are the few settings that you can try to find the IP address of the printer that are connected on the same network.



Method 1:

1. Search for CMD on the start menu, right click on CMD and run it as administrator.
   
2. Type in arp –a on the command prompt and hit enter.
   
3. You will find list of all the IP connected to the system.
   
4. Look for the dynamic IP address.
   
5. Copy and paste the IP on your browser, and the IP that opens your Printer setup page will be the IP for the printer.
   

Method 2:

1. You can try to ping the printer name, by typing
   ping <printer name> on the command prompt that will give you the printer IP address.
   
2. You can also refer to this
   suggestion posted by BulldogXX on January 13.
   
3. Check for the Canon IJ Network Tool from the post above, as you have mention you are using Canon printer.
   

You can type in ipconfig and find your Ethernet adapter IP address, if the printers are on wired network, and if the printer IP address has the same network address as your Ethernet network address then the printer
is in wired network, and same goes for the Wireless network.

You can also compare the SSID of the WIFI and the SSID of the printer, if the SSID matched then the printer is on WIFI network, same goes for the Ethernet connection.



If you still face the issue, reply to this post more information.



Hope it helps.

Amit Sunar

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Win10 computer suddenly unable to access printer on home wifi

For some reason, the printer lasted less than 24 hours printing correctly, and now I again can't fix it, even by doing what "worked" before (Comment #6 upthread).

Regarding the static IP suggestion:

1. The printer is connected via USB to a Windows 7 computer on the home network. It's not on the network by IP address. Here is a screenshot of the printer port properties.
   
   
2. Although there ARE "headaches" as is said above, the vast majority of the other computers on the home wifi network, NEVER have had a problem printing to it. And this applies to computers that have run XP, Win7, Win10, and MacOS. For the most part until now, it's included the particular Win10 computer in question.
3. If I still might be able to give it a static IP address, will this affect the other computers that have been able to print to it fine using printer name?

 

IP Address

Hi Will,

You might need your computer's IP address if you want to set up an Internet connection, allow other people to connect to your PC, or need to troubleshoot network problems. Kindly follow these steps to find the IP address of your computer:

• Select the Start button , start typing View network connections, and then select it in the list.
• Select an active network connection, and then, in the toolbar, select
  View status of this connection. (You might need to select the chevron icon to find this command.)
• Select Details. (Your PC's IP address appears in the
  Value column, next to IPv4 Address).

Let us know whenever you need further assistance.