bob_nestor wrote:
The information I gleaned from the forum is that is a problem that has existed on HTC Android devices since version 2.3 of the OS up to and including version 4.2 (which I think is the latest Android OS).
Do you mean the latest Android OS to have this issue? It's certainly not the lastest Android release, as I'm running Android 5.x on my Samsung Note for some time.
BTW, never seen this issue on any Android devices? Including my HTC devices. Have seen IP conflicts message on desktop/notebooks running WiFi on Windows, so not usual from my perspective. But also not common.
I don't think you can negate that it has nothing to do with the router. Or the routing firmware in the hotspot. Try connecting to a different access point and see if the issue still persists?