Setting different computer with an existing IP from a different computer

giluser · 12-09-2006, 11:12 PM

Hello!,
I have a computer that is running win 98 and one with win xp. Is there a way to use the same IP from the win xp on the computer with win 98 with out the computers being networked, and if so, how do I go about doing so. Thanks

Ablaze · 12-10-2006, 12:07 AM

just unplug one computer's ethernet/internet cable and plug it into the other and it will auto configure (with broardband anyway) and youll be on the same ip address

<SKATER] · 12-13-2006, 09:22 AM

you can also set a static IP address if you are not on a network. otherwise you might as well change the address of your house to the same one as your neighbors. your mail and your neighbors mail will be going to the wrong places. IP addresses are like street addresses.

**cjessee** · 12-13-2006, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by <SKATER]

you can also set a static IP address if you are not on a network. otherwise you might as well change the address of your house to the same one as your neighbors. your mail and your neighbors mail will be going to the wrong places. IP addresses are like street addresses.

Uhh... No, not quite how it works.

What exactly are you trying to do here? Why do you need multiple computers with the same IP? If the computers aren't networked at all, why are we even worried about the IP?

12-09-2006, 11:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
giluser Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 69 OS: xp	Setting different computer with an existing IP from a different computer Hello!, I have a computer that is running win 98 and one with win xp. Is there a way to use the same IP from the win xp on the computer with win 98 with out the computers being networked, and if so, how do I go about doing so. Thanks

12-10-2006, 12:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ablaze Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 14 OS: windows xp sp2	if your at the same house just unplug one computer's ethernet/internet cable and plug it into the other and it will auto configure (with broardband anyway) and youll be on the same ip address

12-13-2006, 09:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
<SKATER] Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: SA TX Posts: 100 OS: XP pro sp2/ home sp2 / 2003 My System	you can also set a static IP address if you are not on a network. otherwise you might as well change the address of your house to the same one as your neighbors. your mail and your neighbors mail will be going to the wrong places. IP addresses are like street addresses.