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 <kilbu...@me.com> 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. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com > <mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com>> 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. 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