How To Change Dynamic IP Address

Step 1

• Step 1: Click on the 'Start' menu on the bottom left hand corner of the screen
• Step 2: Click on 'Run'
• Step 3: Type in 'command' and hit ok/press enter

 

Step 2

You should now be on the MSDOS prompt screen

• Step 4: Type 'ipconfig /release' and press 'enter'
• Step 5: Type 'exit' and leave the MSDOS prompt screen
• Step 6: Right click on 'Network places' or 'My Network places' on your desktop

• Step 7: Click on 'properties'

Step 3

You should now be on a screen entitled 'Local Area Connection' or similar.

• Step 8: Right click on 'Local Area Connection' and click 'Properties'
• Step 9: Double-click on 'Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)' from the list under the 'General' tab
• Step 10: Click on 'Use the following IP address' under the 'General' tab
• Step 11: Now create your own IP address, it doesn't matter what it is, just fill the area up, just type loads of numbers until the field is full.
• Step 12: Press 'Tab' and the 'Subnet Mask' section should automatically be filled with default numbers.
• Step 13: Press the 'OK' button

• Step 14: Press the 'OK' button again.

Step 4

You should now be back to the 'Local Area Connection' screen.

• Step 15: Right-click on 'Local Area Connection' again, and go back to properties.
• Step 16: Go back to the 'TCP/IP' settings
• Step 17: Select 'Obtain an IP address automatically'
• Step 18: Press 'OK'
• Step 19: Hit 'OK' again
• Step 20: Congratulations you now have a new IP address!!!

Important Notes

• This method will only change your dynamic IP address, not your ISP/IP address, if you are planning to use this to do something silly like hack into a website - with a little effort, it is possible for this IP address to be tracked back. If you are changing it because you don't want a forum owner or the general Internet population to know your IP address, then this method will work fine.
• Although it looks long winded, as opposed to using a Proxy server, I have managed to take this process down to about 30 seconds. A new IP address in 30 seconds is not bad going! It might take you a couple of minutes for the first couple of attempts.
• This will NOT work on all routers. If it doesn't, you should still have the option of changing your IP address from the wireless setup.
• You need to try and determine whether or not you have a dynamic IP or a static IP, if you have a static IP then this could completely mess up your modem. I take no responsibility for those that do not check their own modem specifications.
• Everything that I know about changing Dynamic IPs is on this hub, if you are having difficulty or you can't interpret the text, then unfortunately you may need to head back to google. I have about as much desire to answer questions on this topic as you do to put your fist through your monitor, for most people this means "no desire whatsoever"; apologies. This is why I have decided to remove the comment box from this hub, for the first time ever.