[clue-tech] what does "duplicate address" mean?

[Dan Harris]

Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> I've started having problems on one of my machines.  Any time I start a
> file transfer remotely, the machine freezes up completely.  I've noticed
> that in dmesg, there is
>
> wlan0:  duplicate address detected!
>
> whenever I bring up the wlan0 interface.
>
> Anyone have an idea what might be causing this?
>
>   
Some other machine is using your IP address.  It looks like this is a 
wireless network.  Make sure you don't have someone outside your house 
stealing masquerading as you and stealing your bandwidth.

-Dan