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 then. Before trying any other methods to change your IP address, try turning off (or unplugging the power of) your Cable/DSL modem for five minutes. In many cases this will change your IP address. However, if that does not change your IP address, leave your modem off for 8 hours (overnight works well) instead of 5 minutes. Hopefully this will result in an IP address change. If the above does not result in your IP address changing, please look below for instructions on how to change your IP address another way. Unfortunately, you wont always be able to get your IP address to change, because it is ultimately determined by your ISP’s DHCP configuration (when you have a dynamically assigned IP address.)
Click on “Start” in the bottom left hand corner of your desktop screen.
Click on “Run”.
Type in “command” and hit OK. You should now have a Windows Command Prompt on the screen.
Type “ipconfig /release” without the quotation marks, then hit the Enter key.
Type “exit” without the quotation marks and the command prompt will disappear.
Click START, then click on “Network Places”, “Network Connections” or “My Network Places”. Different versions of windows will have it worded differently. There may also be a shortcut to this on your desktop. If there is an icon that says one of these three phrases, you may double click it instead.
You should now be on a screen with something titled “Local Area Connection”, or something similar to that.
Right click on “Local Area Connection” and click “properties”
Double-click on the “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” from the list under the “General” tab
Click on “Use the following IP address” under the “General” tab
Create an IP address (It doesn’t matter what it is. I just type 1 and 2 until I fill the area up).
Press “Tab” and it should automatically fill in the “Subnet Mask” section with default numbers.
Hit the “Ok” button.
Hit the “Ok” button again.
You should now be back to the “Local Area Connection” screen.
Right-click on “Local Area Connection” and go to properties again.
Go back to the “TCP/IP” settings.
This time, select “Obtain an IP address automatically”.
Click “Ok”.
Click “Ok” again.
You now have a new IP address. Congratulations on learning how to change your IP address
