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How to Renew or Change Your IP Address

06 Jul

Posted by madWAHM as Articles, Webmaster Stuff

My son was having some trouble with another kid on one of those online game sites. This other kid was going around trying to get all the players with the highest scores banned by reporting their IP Addresses.

Anyways, so I called my ISP and asked them if there was a way to change or get a new IP Address.

The answer was "YES". Turns out there are several ways to do it. But, for purposes of this example, I'll tell you the fastest and easiest way to do it. What's best - you can do it whenever you want and it's free!

Change Your IP Address:

STEP 1: Turn the power OFF to your router and modem. Unplugging works too.

STEP 2: Wait like 3 to 5 minutes.

STEP 3: Turn everything back on and reconnect to the Internet.

That's it!

Now, the downside is that this will only work if your ISP (Internet Service Provider) assigns Dynamic IP Addresses (DHCP). If your IPS assigns Static IP Addresses this won't work, sorry. You have to contact them directly to change your IP Address.

If you don't know whether your ISP assigns Dynamic or Static, it's worth a try.

Here's your IP Address:

Complete the 3 Steps above, then Refresh this page and see if your IP Address has changed.

Let me know if it works for you!

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