how can I change my ip address ?

Question

what is the best and easiest way to change my ip address without any programs , I connect through a adsl broadband router ?

Answer 1

It depends on your service provider. MOST basic/residential ADSL plans your are on whats called a dynamic IP address, every so often, your ADSL will disconnect and reconnect, thus giving you a new IP address. If you are on a business plan or have a domain name, you will have a static IP address and will need to contact your ISP and ask them to re-issue your IP address. Charges may be involved.



So put simply, to change your IP address, power off your modem, wait 30 sec, then start it back up. You can verify the change by going to www.whatismyip.com before you restart your modem, then going to www.whatismyip.com after you restart and compare the two addresses.

Answer 2

The best way to try and change your IP address is to unplug your modem and plug it back in. Do you have a new IP? If not, unplug and leave it unplugged for several hours and plug it back in. Do you have a new IP yet? If you still don't have a new IP, you may need to unplug your router at the same time you unplug your modem. Some ISPs reassign IPs via DHCP servers at certain time intervals. They also can lock you in to an IP via your MAC address. If your router allows you to clone a MAC address, you can also try doing that in order to get a new IP from your ISP.

Answer 3

you have an external IP the only way that can be changed is through the ISP's DHCP server.



on customers side you should see a new IP every 2-3 days if it is setup dynamically, which is assigned by DHCP. there is a lease which is 24-72 hours.



you can have an internal IP address if you chose to hook up a wireless router to your modem, then you will be assigned a 192.168.x.x address and your external IP as well.

Answer 4

If your ISP assigns IP addresses dynamically -- and most of them do -- there's no way to change it. It may change all by itself over time, but many dynamically assigned IP addresses tend to be "sticky" and will rarely change. I've had the same IP address from my ISP for over 2 years now.



If your ISP uses static addressing, such as with most business accounts, then you'll have to contact your ISP to have it changed. They will want to know why you want it changed though; they won't do it just because you want to and if you don't have a very good reason, they will deny the request.



Why would you want to change your IP address anyway? What are you attempting to do?? Your ISP keeps records of what IP address is assigned to every customer so if you've been up to no good, the ISP is going to know that it was you regardless of what IP you are using now.

Answer 5

You can possibly change your IP address, but the hope is that your ISP delivers a dynamic IP to your unit. This isn't very likely, but it's your only hope in changing the IP address that the rest of the world sees you as.



You would need to unplug your router and modem and leave them off for awhile in hopes that someone else picks up your IP, but again, this is only if your ISP does dynamic IP assignments and you get lucky enough to have someone else grab it. Very unlikely however.

Answer 6

it depends on your ISP.

If your ISP gives you dynamic ip (DHCP), then you have no go.

If however, it gives you static IP, you may be able to modify from your OS n/w settings. But then again, you may be able to give IPs only within a particular range, again decided by your ISP.

In most cases, the world sees you as the router b/w you and your ISP or the one through with your ISP connects to the rest of the world. So you might not be able to achieve much, even if you change your IP address.



But, if your purpose is IP spoofing and the like, you will have to use software. google 'em

Answer 7

I have run DHCP servers for an entire network of 30,000 computers



Ok, forget about unplugging the router for an estimated time.



ISP's hand out DHCP addresses. Your are assigned a DHCP address for a pre-determined time. This time is setup by your ISP. You can unplug your router all you want, but until the DHCP "lease" time is up you will be assigned the same address.



Here's what you do:



Go to start

click on RUN

Type CMD



This brings up a command prompt.

Type ipconfig /all hit enter



At the bottom of the output you will see when your DHCP "lease:" will expire



Unplug the router until that time.......

Answer 8

you can have the ability to use another persons IP Address this is only available on a Linux box... This doesn't mean that know one will be able to catch you... you can be traced back to your IP via your ISP... The only way to get around this fact is to use as many IP's and proxies between yourself and you target... or else you will make the news for being stupid... Now how to do this I will not tell but you have a starting point... Use Linux it will get you going...

Answer 9

Sometime The DHCP server work by reading you MAC address.



You can change you MAC address (there is a software to do that), and then you get a new IP address.

Answer 10

Resetting the router sometimes changes it, unless you have a static ip, meaning it stays the same

Answer 11

If you just want to surf then one of the proxy web site will work if you are trying to down load stuff you need to subscribe to a service.

Answer 12

You cannot change your internet IP address because it's assigned to you by your internet provider.

Answer 13

You can get a new ISP. That will change your hostname too.

Answer 14

I never knew you could, i just thought it was based on where you are in the world...??