“How do I change my IP address?” and “Can I change my IP address?” are probably the most commonly asked questions.
Please attempt the following.
Before trying any other methods to change your IP ADDRESS try turning off (or unplugging the power of) your modem/router for five minutes. In many cases this will change your IP address. However, if that does not change your IP address, repeat the process for 8 hours (overnight works well) instead of 5 minutes.
Hopefully this will result in an IP change. ( Router off for 1 hour for UK SKY worked for me )
If the above does not result in your IP address changing, please look through the below for the situation that best matches yours and attempt to change your IP address that way. Unfortunately you are not able to get your IP address to change in all cases, as it is ultimately determined by your ISP’s DHCP configuration (when you’ve got a dynamically assigned IP address, that is.)
Windows
- Computer connected directly to the modem
Network with Router
If you are using a cable/DSL modem and a router, you may wish to connect your computer directly to the cable/DSL modem. Please note that this could significantly impact your system security. This allows your ISP’s DHCP to issue you a new (hopefully changed) IP address based of the (hardware) MAC address of your computer’s Ethernet card.
If all the above has not worked to change your IP address and you have a router, check and see if there is a “Clone MAC Address” option. Using it should change your IP address; however, you’ll only be able to do it once (in most cases).
These will not work in all cases. If all else fails contact your internet service provider (ISP) and ask them if they are able to change your IP address or how long your connection needs to be off for your IP address to change.
It’s very unlikely that you would ever need to change your IP address, so you have to ask yourself why you are trying to change it.
Are your being blocked from a site that you were able to access before?
If so ask yourself why…
A couple of reason could be…
1) You have a virus, do a virus scan now
2) You have been caught hacking….. If so stop it right now
3) You been caught cheating on on-line games and had your ip banned, stop that now, it’s not fun
4) You doing something illegal? Stop that to, you will get caught
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