2 machines having same private IP in a LAN?

koyi · 01-07-2007, 07:24 PM

Hi, this is not a problem but I am just curious about what will happen if someone set 2 machines to have the same IP address in a LAN, without a DHCP server?

homey · 01-07-2007, 07:55 PM

Here's what it looks like on my FC6 box.
You might also get the situation where it boots the original connection. Happens all the time with our barcode scanners.

Code:

Bringing up loopback interface:                            [  OK  ]
Bringing up interface eth0:  Error, some other host already uses address 192.168.1.4.
                                                           [FAILED]