Changing my IP address

[groinshot]

hey, IM wondering is there any way to change my ip. I have a dynamic IP, but use a router for 2 PC's and an xbox, all wired. If I connect my PC to the modem, everey time I restart the modem I get a new IP, but if I go through the router, I get a different one (thats constant, its been the same since as long as I can remember) and yes ive tried restarting the router

[recruit]

Well it depends what you mean, do you mean the public ip address that your router has? I.e. [example] 78.231.222.1

Or do you mean your pc's IP address it gets when it plugs into the router? Most likley class c ip done via NAT. i.e. 192.168.0.2

The first one is a pain in the arse to change, as your isp will have you mac address assosiated to the ip it had given you and even when the time to live on the ip runs out it will most likley reassign you the same one as most good dhcp servers will do. You could call them up and say some pish about his this ip has been added to a blacklist for some site you really need and can you assign me a new one...

The second one is easy to change. You can do it via the router interface most likley 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 or you can change it by configuring a static ip address in the ICT/IP settings on your pc. If you have an outstandingly pish home router you might be able to just do "ipconfig /release" then "ipconfig /renew" and you might be lucky.

[groinshot]

the ipconfig /release bit doesnt work. basically I want to change what I see on http://www.whatismyip.com/ and what other people see. It works if I don't use the router, but I would preferto be able to use the router...

[Exibit]

Ask IXL he will be able to tell you

[IXL]

Im happy to help so to speak.

This doesnt quite make sense to me.

If I connect my PC to the modem, everey time I restart the modem I get a new IP, but if I go through the router, I get a different one (thats constant, its been the same since as long as I can remember) and yes ive tried restarting the router

Firstly, just to understand the problem better, before a remidy is applied... why do you want to do this??

Secondly... What modem are you using...?

Thirdly... What router are you using...?

Finally, ....When you say, what everyone else will see, your referring to your router, not your PC. So to change your external IP will allways come via changing the connection on the router admin page, or rebooting your router.

Can you provide the DNS and all the other details from your router..and compare those to the modem?

Seems really strange to me.

The only thing I can think of , is that the IP and DNS is "FIXED" in the router.

[groinshot]

Ive been banned from a few sites and want to get back on them, but a new nick wont just do, Ive been IP banned (I've tried, and it has nothing to do with games btw)
Im using a Scientific atlanta EPC2203 modem, straight from my ISP, and Im using a netgear RP614v3 router

I reboot my modem and plug it straight into my PC and it changes the IP address, but If I plug it itno the router and the router intpo my PC the IP goes back to what it is now.

DNS and other details from my router and modem..... how woudl I go about doing that? :S

and if the IP etc are fixed into the router, how would I change it?

[IXL]

Naughty boy.

Have you tried a hard reset of the router so it defaults back to factory settings? Somewhere along the line, someone must of set the ip on the router manually ( if that is the case ).

Anyway, this thread might help on the method of resetting it.

http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php?t=4876

Just make sure you have all your connection settings written down before you do anything. Who is your ISP btw?

[smithster]

leave ya modem unplugged for 30 mins, just a reboot usually doesnt reset ya ip as its still stored at the exchange.

leave it unplugged for 30 mins so the exchange has time to refresh. then when you plug back in it will recreate your connectiona and should give u a new wan ip

[groinshot]

IXL-I just did the hard reset there, folowed both sets of steps, no luck. My ISP is NTL, or UPC now.

and Smithy- I did that, the IP address that my modem gives me is different to the one that shows up when I connect to the internet, the one that shows up to other people is the one I want to get rid of.....

[Schlack]

Ive been banned from a few sites and want to get back on them, but a new nick wont just do, Ive been IP banned (I've tried, and it has nothing to do with games btw)

enquiring minds want to know

[eg0r]

Ive been banned from a few sites and want to get back on them, but a new nick wont just do, Ive been IP banned (I've tried, and it has nothing to do with games btw)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/count ... 123450.stm

This may explain it! Trying to cover your tracks?

[MudShark]

Are you sure you have a dynamic IP ISP? Most tend to be static now. This could explain why it don't change!

[IXL]

Are you sure you have a dynamic IP ISP? Most tend to be static now. This could explain why it don't change!

I would agree that theory, but if he is then using his modem and its changing his ip then I guess thats not the case.

[groinshot]

yeah Im sure its dynamic, I just decided to screw the router. It was 7 euro from ebay, the postage was most of that too, it cost me 99 cent with 6 euro postage..... get what I pay for I suppose. Oh well, thanx anyway, but if anyone stumbles accross a solution be sure to let me know!

[IXL]

I could be wrong here as I havent really read this all properly and am short of time and without actually looking at what you have or are seeing isnt easy.

That Router you have does not have a modem built in it does it. Without a modem in it, its only acting as a router. I thought you were trying to replace the modem with a "modem-router" IE, like a DG834GT for example.

Have you got a manual for yours?

If not, heres one from the netgear website in PDF. ( You might have to wait a few secs for it to come up ).

ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/rp614 ... manual.pdf

Anyway, I think what is happening is the connection is still staying live "on the line" when your just plug in the router, its not resetting the connection which the modem would do. The router (you have) I believe will not change your connection settings. You need a "modem router".

What I dont quite understand is if your using hte router, its fixing the ip you were banned with... Doesnt make any sense. Esp as there is no IP setting on that router, its got from the modem. See the PDF for example.

How are you sure its an IP ban and are you ABSOLUTELY sure your checking your ip correctly and what your not seeing is cache?