Answer to Question #247114 in Computer Networks for Piento

Question

Ann, an accountant, reports that after turning on her new laptop, she received a message stating her IP address is already in use on the system. She tried going back to her old desktop, which she now only uses for email, but received the same message. As a Network expert, you checked the account and sees a comment that Ann requires a special network setup to connect to the banking software.

Explain what could be the cause of the message received by Ann, and how you would resolve the issue as a Network expert. Also, what “special network set-up” is required to connect to the Banking software.

Answer 1

The issue is getting pop up because of the conflict of the IP address. In one system there is assigned one IP address to two different system, that is the reason to showing the issue. To resolve this issue we need to use the DHCP server for the assigning the IP address to the system, so that we can prevent this conflict.