IP address issues 1

[webdev17]

I'm fairly new to networking and just want to find out some general information. Is there ever a situation where two different machines can have the same IP address? My general reaction is no but I'm not 100% sure. Also, could two different machines ever have the same host ID? Any information you could provide about these situations would be great.

Thanks.

 

[KiscoKid]

Two machines can easily get the same address and hostname. People misconfigure devices all the time so typically these kind of issues are usually related to a manual mistake.