Changing your IP

[SEAX]

Didn't know where to else to post this because I guess changing your IP is only useful in a scamming situation..

So, Here goes.

I have a Linksys router and your typical cable connection..
Unplugging my modem doesn't change my IP for me, so I found another way.

Go to your local router settings,
Open Browser
In URL type : 192.168.1.1

leave username blank
password: admin

look at your mac address..
skip straight to the last two digit part of your mac address,
It should be a letter and a number Ex: 9D or Z8

Just change the number one up or down, unplug your router, plug it back in. and you're good to know.


edit: by unplug I mean the power chord, NOT the cable chord


can do it as many times as you want.

[EzMac]

I've got a modem, wired router, and wireless router. Which should I be resetting, or will it work if I just reset all of them at once?

[SEAX]

Just unplug the modem, and plug it back in.

If you reset your router, then your mac address will change back to its original one and your ip won't change

[xkisses]

great scam + rep!

[SEAX]

dam, this leaked out quick for some reason, lol

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[litobro]

this doesn't change your ip.... it might change your internal ip but not your external, and depending on how long it takes to reset your external ip it could take 4 hours(for me) to get a new ip.(unplugging modem)

[humpasaur]

A way I used when I raged with myg0t, was to click on
Tools>Internet Options>Connections(tab)>LAN Settings(button)

and then check the "Use proxy server for your LAN" box. Then put in the I.P and port of the proxy you want to use. You can easily find lists of open ones, via google.

[Haq]

Well, this entire idea is based on how your internet provider gives you IP:

1)If you are on dial-up, you are automatically assigned an IP address every time you log on. So, all you would have to do is disconnect and reconnect.

2)If you are on DSL I BELIEVE this is the same way (I could be wrong)

3)If you are on Cable internet, you are more than likely assigned an IP based on your MAC address. Now, changing your MAC address has issues. (I used to be a cable installer). If you go ahead and change your last digit on your MAC address, the server won't recognize it, and force you to call in and re-register your modem, which can take over an hour. However, some servers allow it (which is stupid, and you will probably never see).

Good luck with this, I can see some situations where this would work. I used to do something similar back in my Diablo 2 days. Whenever I created too many games I would get IP banned for like an hour. Well, I had 2 NIC/Ethernet cards installed on my computer, so I would simply switch from one to the other. Since NIC cards have individual MAC addy's, I would simply get re-assigned a new octuplet ( the last set of IP, i.e. xxx.xxx.xxx.new).