IP conflict with IP address somehow in use by Linksys WRVS4400N

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Windows is notifying me that there is an IP conflict with the address 192.168.1.2 (the IP of my domain controller), with a device with hardware address corresponding to my Linksys WRVS4400N v1.1 wireless-n router.

This device's LAN IP is 192.168.1.1. No problems there.

I can't find any trace of 192.168.1.2 anywhere in its GUI config, except for port forwarding rules. This is just a small-business level wireless router; not a heavy Cisco device with the option to assign multiple interface addresses.

However, that's just what it seems to be doing: when I dump its config and look ctrl+f for the IP in question, I find this line:

    lan_ifnames=etho0 wl0
    wl_chip_ip=192.168.1.2
    wlan_mgr_enable=1
    wl0_ssid-linksys-n

Of course, my real SSID isn't "linksys-n", but that's what the config file shows.

So without changing the IP of my domain controller, is there a way to change this obscured "wl_chip_ip" address?

Viewing the arp table for the network shows that the router is squatting on both IPs:

    Internet Address        Physical Address 
    192.168.1.1             00-1c-10-f6-8d-2c 
    192.168.1.2             00-1c-10-f6-8d-2d

But pings are replied to by the server (determined by turning windows firewall on/off).

The only impact of this issue is that Windows keeps logging IP conflicts; nothing else seems to be impacted.

Best Answer

I had the same issue. The reported MAC ID was +2 (NOT +1) higher than the MAC listed on the device. There is an option under Setup/LAN in the Config Tool: "IP Reserved for Internal Usage: 192.168.1.[2] (Range: 1 .. 254 )"

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