Originally Posted by
SpringHeeledJack
Just to be clear (using OS X in case that wasn't) a typically 'Apple' styled info box pops up in the middle of the screen telling me that my address has been changed and that I'm no longer connected, and I either press the white cancel/decline button OR the azure blue accept/change button to continue online. My curiosity is why, why has another device priority over another seemingly and why couldn't the router just leave me alone and give one of the other addresses to the other device(s) allowed on the network ?
When I am referring to my address changing it's NOT the Mac address, but the IPv4 address if that helps
SHJ
To be clear, when I mentioned MAC-address above, I was referring to the Media Access Control address. The address that's unique to and physically burned into each network device.
It does indeed sound like your router might be at fault though if it's a standard Apple dialog box you're clicking on. Why don't you attempt to update the firmware on the router and see if that fixes things? routers are known to undergo many iterations of firmware throughout their lives, and you might get several other benefits as well.