TS1317 Self assigned IP adress on G5 won't let me connect to internet.

I received a G5 mac tower version 10.3.2. When I try to connect to the internet it won't let me and says that it already has an assigned IP address. I have tried many tips from multiple forms with changing it manually, $ infront of the password, nothing works. I have restarted my router multiple times and still nothing. Any help would be great! Thank you.

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You can do all this on one of the laptops that have connectivity.
Hope this helps, if not please get back with any further questions you might have.

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Have you tried making a New Location for each yet? The Automatic one get confused easily.
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I just developed the "self-assigned Ip adress" at my college last night. I've been up all night on forums trying to solve the problem and tried about everything.
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Manually input ip address. (doesnt work because the college uses a dynamic ip instead of static)
Opened the firewall to allow all connections. (I think it already was open)
Created a new location. (nothing)
Run diagnostics about 10 times. (prompts to reset router or modem, which I doubt is the problem since my roommate's laptop works fine)
Created another ethernet connection. (nothing)
Repaired the permissions. (nothing)
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