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Wireless printer installed on wireless network. Now IP address conflict. Suggestions?

I installed a new Lexmark wireless printer on my computer using Road Runner’s wireless Netgear router to connect. The network is secure and I used the WEP key to connect. Everything was fine the first day. The second day I started getting errors that there was an IP address conflict. My PC (Windows XP pro) spends hours attempting to renew the IP address without success.

Suggestions?
How do I lock the IP addresses? Road Runner uses dynamic IP addresses, not static.

I’m not a pro when it comes to dealing with this stuff. I’ll need detailed instructions.

Just change the ip address on your computer:

Windows XP |

1. Go to Start, select Control Panel
Note: If you are running Windows XP in classic mode, you will need to go to Start, Settings, then click Control Panel.

2. Click the Switch to Classic View icon.

3. Double-click the Network Connections icon

4. Double-click on the Local Area Connection of the adapter you want to manually assign, select properties.

5. Double-click on Internet Protocol TCP/IP, select Use the following IP address, and then type a unique IP address.

Note: Many private home networks use either 169.254.x.x or 192.168.0.x (where x is any number between 1 and 254). Make sure you use the same IP address range, but not the exact same IP address, on all the computers on the network.
6. Next, specify a Subnet Mask:

Example 1: If you are using the 169.254.x.x IP range, you should use 255.255.0.0

Example 2: If you are using the 192.168.0.x IP range, you should use 255.255.255.0
7. Specify a Default Gateway if needed. (A default gateway is typically the IP address of a device that gives you access to the internet, such as a wireless router connected to the internet.)

8. Click OK

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