FULL FIX: Windows Has Detected an IP Address Conflict

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FULL FIX Windows Has Detected an IP Address
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FULL FIX Windows Has Detected an IP Address
Conflict An IP (Internet Protocol) Address is a
numerical identification value assigned to your
device, which helps your computer to connect to a
network. All of the devices are supposed to have
a separate IP address, and if your IP was in
practice previously, then you will get some
problems while connecting your device to the
network. It is practically impossible to
differentiate among two devices having the same
IP address connected to a network. Therefore,
you encounter an error message Windows has
detected an IP address conflict while connecting
to the internet.
This issue lies in your PC settings or in your
router that you need to troubleshoot immediately
to avoid any complications while accessing the
internet. Follow these methods to solve this
error. Method 1 Restart Your Router You may be
facing this Windows has detected an IP address
conflict message due to network glitches that
you can resolve effortlessly by restarting your
router. Rebooting a device should be the first
step of troubleshooting as well. Press the power
button and wait for a while (minimum 30 seconds)
and turn your router back on. When your router
is on, it should run smoothly. Method 2 Run
these commands in the Command Prompt
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Address Conflict Prompt Resolve Running the
netsh and ipconfig commands on the command prompt
may fix the reason due to which Windows has
detected an IP address conflict error message is
displaying. 1. Open the WinX menu(Press and hold
Windows and X keys simultaneously) and select
Command Prompt (Admin) from the list.

• Execute the following commands
• netsh int ip reset
• 1. ipconfig /release
• 1. ipconfig /renew
• Check if your issue of error message Windows has
  detected an IP address conflict has been
  resolved or not. If your problem persists, you
  can run different commands. Try to solve your
  issue by executing these commands.

winsock reset catalog netsh int ipv4 reset netsh
int ipv6 reset
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Address Conflict Prompt Resolve Method 3 Use
Dynamic IP Address If you are using a static IP
address, then there are chances that the device
you connect to the network may also have the
same IP address, and that may cause the
disturbance. Therefore, make sure that you do not
use a static IP address. To set the dynamic IP
address detection settings, follow these
steps. 1. Launch the WinX window (Press the
Windows and X keys) and choose the network
connections option from the list.
2. Find and click right on your network, and
select Properties.
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3. Now open the Properties of Internet Protocol
Version 4.
4. Now check the right mark on the following
options and click OK to save the changes.
Obtain an IP address automatically Obtain DNS
server address automatically
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Restart your PC afterward to establish these
changes and resolve the Windows has detected an
IP address conflict issue. Method 4 Remove Your
Ethernet Cable Disconnecting and then connecting
your Ethernet cable from the PC may help you to
resolve this error, Windows has detected an IP
Address conflict. So if you generally encounter
this problem while picking the new IP Address,
then you may want to reconnect the
Network. Extract the Ethernet cable from the PC
and wait for a while (almost 30 minutes) before
reconnecting the cord again. Method 5
Disconnect the Wireless Adapter This issue can
prevent you from accessing the internet on your
computer system therefore, it needs to be fixed.
If you use Wireless adapter instead of Ethernet,
then you need to disable the Wireless connection
and reconnect it to try to resolve this Windows
has detected an IP address conflict. You can
follow these steps to disable the Wireless
connection. 1. From the WinX window (To open
WinX, press Windows and X key simultaneously)
select Device Manager.
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1. Search your Wi-Fi adapter from the Network
   adapters section.
2. Click right on your network type and select
   Disable.

Wait for at least 30 minutes before reconnecting
the Wireless network and then choose Enable for
your network adapter, and that may solve the
Windows has detected an IP address
conflict. Method 6 Disabling Ipv6 May Resolve
Windows Has Detected an IP Address Conflict If
your device is not compatible with the IPv6, then
you need to disable it as it can be the reason
for this error to display. You can perform this
function through the Network window as well as
from the Registry Editor.
From Network Connections
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1. Click right on the network icon and open the
Network and Internet settings window and select
Change adapter settings on the screen.
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1. Open Ethernet Properties window and find your
   network.
2. Click right on your network type and open its
   Properties.
3. Go to the box beside IPv6, uncheck it, and choose
   OK.

From Registry Editor
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• Note Use Registry Editor only if you know how to
  use it otherwise avoid it as you may damage your
  Windows by corrupting its settings.
• Open Registry Editor on your PC (search it on the
  search bar and click Open) and find this key
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic
  es\Tcpip6\Parameters
• Search the DisableComponent DWORD option, and if
  not available, then create it Click right and
  select New and DWORD (32-bit) Value and give it a
  title as DisableComponent.

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3. Now open the Properties of this new
DisableComponent DWORD by clicking right, modify
Value data to 0ffffffff, and select OK.
4. Restart your PC, and you can see that the
issue due to which Windows has detected an IP
address conflict has been resolved. Method 7
Disconnect VZAccess Manager If you disconnect
from the VZAccess Manager without terminating the
application completely, then also Windows has
detected an IP address conflict error may show.
To resolve this issue, you need to make sure
that you successfully close the application after
disconnecting from the VZAccess Manager.
Reconnect it and see if your error message is
removed or not. Method 8 Fix the Encryption
Method for Your Router
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• Try changing the encryption model of your router,
  and that may solve the issue of error message
  Windows has detected an IP address conflict.
• Log in to your Router configuration page through
  your details.
• Go to the encryption section and change it from
  WEP to WPA2-PSK , and this method may resolve
  your problem. Otherwise, you can search for the
  different encryption fields suitable for your
  router.
• Reconnect the Wireless network to check if the
  remains or not.
• Method 9 VPN Service
• Note Use a reliable VPN Service to protect your
  computer and data.
• VPN is an excellent tool to protect your online
  privacy, although it sometimes becomes the
  reason for Windows has detected an IP address
  conflict error. It is simple to resolve this
  issue, restart your PC, and reconnect with your
  VPN Service.
• Method 10 DHCP and IP Address Settings
• Firstly check the Status of your Network
  Connection by the following steps.
• 1. Open the Network Connections window, click
  right on your network and choose Status.

2. Click details when the Status window opens,
and you will be able to see the necessary
information like Subnetting, DNS, and IP Address
of your Network.
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Now you need to change the DHCP range, which you
can perform by following these steps. If your
DHCP settings are not working, then also you may
get this error, Windows has detected an IP
address conflict. You can set a static IP address
to solve this issue. Access to the router
configuration page through your login details and
modify the address range from 192.168.1.5 to
192.168.1.50, and that will manually set the IP
address limit among these values.
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• Now use these steps to fix an IP address.
• Open Properties of your Network from the Network
  Connections Window and then the properties of
  the TCP/IPv4.
• Go to the Use the following IP address option,
  and type this address 192.168.1.51 on the given
  field. You can select any other IP address from
  the connection details as well using the above
  steps that do not lie in the DHCP range.

3. This method will prevent the IP address
confliction, and your issue may get
resolved. Other Methods to Resolve Windows Has
Detected an IP Address Conflict Issue There are
some common methods to resolve this issue like
you can change the 86400 seconds from the router
configuration page or use Internet Connection
Sharing. Some other ways to fix this problem are
given below.
Modify the IP Address of Your Router
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As mentioned before that IP Address confliction
is the primary cause of this error. Therefore,
you can change the IP Address of your router
manually to 198.168.2.1. This method may stop
the conflict and solve this issue for your PC.
Reconnect Your Router
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If restarting the router does not help to resolve
this problem, then you have to disconnect all
the devices for a while. Switch off your router,
disconnect all of the additional devices,
whether it is wireless or connected with the
Ethernet cable. Now start your router after some
time and start connecting your devices. This
method will set the unique IP address to your
devices automatically, and the issue that was
displaying the error message Windows has
detected an IP address conflict will be resolved.