My router crashes at the sight of my macbook.!! I have to keep them well separated

Question

Hi
I live in France and have a Orange router for wifi with 2 laptops, my MacBook and a Sony Vaio.
The router crashes whenever I approach it with my Ipad Or Mac. It works fine. It hates Apple?  I am constantly resetting. Both laptops  state that there is an IP conflict. My mac is designed to adapt to that...?
Can you suggest action please?  Merci

Answer 1

You may have to see if it is fairly easy to set up wireless by hardware identification number, commonly referred to as 'mac address' in DHCP in router server; which has nothing to do with Apple, as all hardware can use their ID to connect. Including printers so equipped. This is usually done by ethernet or wireless, and imparts a greater degree of security at your home base for those items you have. Is there something there that is repeating or re-sending the wireless signal,  perhaps on the same frequency as the router? Channel numbers can be changed, for example, if there are two. But there are more complex things to consider if the matter is worse, and so far there is no explanation for this conflict. The MacBook and Sony should be able to use the same wireless router base station.
How is file sharing and internet sharing set up on these competing devices? This can be a place to look.
•Cascading router and DHCP conflicts?
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/44038-42-cascading-router-dhcp-conflict
In an area a bit more complex, the matter of IP Conflict, this one when moving between wi-fi router and repeater, is among the more difficult: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/38238-43-conflict-moving-wifi-router-wifi-repe ater This may not be what is happening with your competing wi-fi products, but that matter of settings, since you can share files, and also web connections through the Apple products. As an option.
Other router conflicts are noted, from a larger volume of search results:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/27902-43-router-conflict
Also, it may be a matter of choosing how the MacBook connects to the available wireless, and what those wireless settings are in the router, and if the MacBook shares an internet connect to another product, that could be a source of conflict if not set up correctly. Something may be seeing a third product as a competing source of a potential wi-fi connection to the internet, and it isn't.
Some of these things have a dynamic IP address (changes) and another could be using fixed IP addresses. The router 's should be fixed. All of mine are and I can use four Macs, or more PCs via an Apple branded wireless router.
There are several possibilities, and most difficult to guess at a distance. But the settings in each brand and item have to be looked into, as they all have the ability to be customized to fit certain working parameters.
Not sure if this helps any... at 2AM.
Good luck & happy computing!
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