Another possibility is that both your router and your ISP are responding to DHCP requests. If you expect your router to be handling DHCP then make sure of the following:
1. Only one device is configured for DHCP on your LAN. 2. That broadcast ethernet packets on your lan do not get sent out beyond it. > On Jun 7, 2018, at 1:47 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Sounds like either your Mac was already on when the router started up, or the > Mac started up faster than the router. Two ways to stop that message are to > just restart the Mac so that it will get a new DHCP lease from the router, or > you can go into System Prefs, Network, then to the Advanced button. Select > the DHCP tab from here and press the "Renew DHCP Lease" button. This should > clear up any confusion. > > Later... > > > Tim Kilburn > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jun 7, 2018, at 11:20, E.T. <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I turn my router off at night so its fresh in the morning; Today after > restarting the router and booting the Mac, then starting VMware Fusion but > not yet running the VM, the Mac popped up a dialog informing me that another > device was using the same IP address. I repeated the whole process after > turning off the iPhone so there would not br anything else connecting. Same > dialog different IP address. Started over with iPhone turned on. No dialog > this time. > > Should this happen again, how can I see what might be connected to my Wi-Fi? > > Side note; when I went to menu extras and opened the Wi-Fi item, my phone > was listed under Personal Hotspot even though this is not enabled on my > iPhone. Is this normal? > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can > reach Cara at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
