Just for future ref and lurkers
you can generally go into your router's admin using 192.168.1.1 ( or whatever your router uses) and then to the DHCP admin where you can check IP addresses and reassign, refresh etc.
>Just got it to work Craig, but thanks for the help.
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>My Vonage box had the same IP address evidently, so I turned everything off, then turned the Win 7 machine on - at which point I was able to get ipconfig / release and ipconfig /renew to take.
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>So all up and working.
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>>Try IPCOFNIG /renew
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>>>I have a handful of computers (3) hooked up to a router (3 or XP Pro boxes), and one is a Win 7 box - no connection to each other, just to the router for internet access.
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>>>Anyway, the Windows 7 will no longer connect and reports a IP address conflict. Anyone know how to have this Win 7 computer to reset its IP address to fix this issue?
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>>>For whatever reason, IPCONFIG /release will not work as it reports it is not connected to the lan, which is true as it has an ip confilict.
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