How do I change my IP address without restarting my router?
I have a dynamic IP and every time I restart my router, my IP address gets changed. How do I do this on my computer without turning my router on and off? Thanks!
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1. dns flush2. If I understood the question correctly, you want your computer's IP to change?
Typically Windows will remember the IP it was given and after a reboot it will ask for the same one, if available, from the router and re-use it. Sometimes the DHCP server (in your case, in-built to the router) will have a set lifetime - typically a minimum and maximum time window - within which it should remember what IP it gave to what computer (known as a lease). This is so that if a computer doesn't renew it at the time of expiration the DHCP server knows it can retrieve it into the pool of IP numbers it can assign to new computers joining the network.
The commands:
IPCONFIG /RELEASE
IPCONFIG /RENEW
Manually unlock the IP address assignment and renews another lease. Depending on whether the DHCP server within the router remembers assignments within its lease window you will get a new IP address every time, however rebooting the router will lose this lease list and hence you're guaranteed a new IP that way.
3. yopu will need to have a piece of paper and a pecil or pen to write the following infromation given
go to start> run> then type this command... cmd in the run box hit enter..now your in dos
DOS...wow it still works ok heres where you need to write down that info get ready!
at the cursor type ipconfig /all hit entrer
look for defAULT GATEWAY ..WRITE DOWN THE IP ADDRESS U SEE THERE
default gateway.......xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx <----- that will be your number write it down
now then remember where you thyp google.com...good!! type the number there with dots
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx then het enter ..now type in the name and password in the authenication window
Congradulations!!! your now in the routers software
look foe wireless settings and there should be a way to set it to a static ip address but keep dns the same ..wiithout it u lose internet connection
4. You can't Your public IP is assigned by the ISP DHCP server, and may not even change when you restart. If you attempt to change it manually it will cut off your connection, giving your ISP the right to terminate your service without notice. This will leave you liable for an outstanding contract charges, and any costs for data losses suffered if your illegal action disrupts anyone else's service.
