Can you change your IP at home ?

[fab5freddy]

Is there a way to change your IP on your home internet connection ?

I have basic Cable Internet here at home with a modem
and a belkin wireless router....

I heard that if it is Dynamic IP you can unplug your router
and it will assign you a new IP....?

If so, is it the router or the modem you unplug ?

thanks!

 

[old-wiz]

there's 2 IP addresses to consider.

Your Mac, on an internal network (ie from your router), usually gets 192.168.0.x, which is your internal IP. usually there's no reason to ever change this; let DHCP give you an address.

On the external network, the IP depends on your ISP and how the router maps your internal address.

 

[fab5freddy]

It is the outer IP that i wanted to change.
the one that everybody sees....

 

[fehhkk]

Your service provider generally provides your IP address (WAN address) to your modem via DHCP, or static.

If it's DHCP, you might get a different IP address every once in a while, but it's still not something you can control.

If it's static, you can't change it. It's up to your provider mostly.

 

[serrada]

Unplug your cable modem and let it stay off for about 5 minutes. In your router, change your mac address. When you start your modem back up and your router requests an address, you should get a new ip.

 

[JFreak]

In your router, change your mac address.

This is something the OP should know how to do? OMG, he's asking about IP numbers so he'll probably know nothing about MAC addresses or ARP tables. Sheesh...

 

[fab5freddy]

no, i know what a MAC address is.

you might want to explain ARP tables though.....