How to Get a New IP Address Even If You Have a Static IP
This is quite interesting, get it from a forum, and credits go to Mojojojojo. Just follow these simple steps below, to get a new IP address even you have a static/fixed IP!
This trick is very useful for those who cannot use this method because the have static IP address.
To start off, you need a direct connection to your modem and computer. If you have a router, disconnect it and directly hook up your modem to your computer.
1. Open up the command prompt by pressing Start->Run and typing in cmd
2. In the command prompt, type “Ipconfig/all”. This will tell you your current IP Address. After, type “ipconfig/release”. Keep the command prompt open for easy access.
3. Go to “Network Connections” (accessible through the control panel). Right click “Local Area Connection” and click “Properties”
4. With “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) selected, click the “Properties” button.
5. A new window will open. Under the “General” tab, select “Use the Following IP address”. Under “Ip Address”, put “10.0.0.1″. Press the “Tab” key on your keyboard.
6. Press Ok on both open windows.
7. Repeat steps 3-4. Under the “General” tab, press the radio button “Automatically Assign Me an Ip Address”. Press ok on both windows.
8. Go back to the command prompt and type in “Ipconfig/all”. You’ll now notice you have a new IP address.
So, this will be handy if you want to by-pass Rapidshare 1 hour download limit, provided that you have a static IP address.
Comment by Scotty »
can this be done on a MAC?
Comment by Matt »
[quote comment="411934"]can this be done on a MAC?[/quote]
Maybe you can try this in terminal:
sudo ifconfig en0 inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Comment by Mike »
Hey thanks for the tip it helped me out a lot, I got banned from a game for cusing now i can log in under a new name and they won’t know. muhahahaha
Comment by Lisa »
This did not work. What do I do next? I have 2 computers hooked up to the same ethernet connection.
Comment by anthony »
what is a radio button i dont see one???
Comment by Crealer »
Radio Buttons are the buttons that you can click on that are circular. After you click on these buttons a small black dot will appear in the middle of them
. In a way it is like a Checkbox but Radio Buttons only allow 1 selected in a group. I hope this Helps
Comment by Matt »
hey it said that that was my new ip but after that i couldent connect to the internet i had to go back to my old ip plz help me
Comment by Maiky »
Wow – Mega Thanxx! ; ))
Comment by alex »
Thanks SOOOO much! PS if it doesn’t change right away don’t worry mine took about a minute and then worked.
Comment by Sarah »
I got kicked off eBay for something REALLY stupid! Now I can’t get a new account because of my IP address. If I do these steps, will they be able to detect that its me? Or because I got a completely new IP address they won’t be able to? I’m not that good with computers so it would be great if someone could answer this for me. Thanks a lot!
=)
Sarah
Comment by Havok »
I’m just curious… But I was, I shall use the term loosely, ‘banned’ from a site… Like I see before me, people are having the same question over and over… I’m just here to help solidify the claims… Is it possible, if I do this, that my internet protocol address will be ideally different from the one that was banned? Please get back to me ASAP… I would like to know…
Comment by JC »
It doesnt work at all. not on xp, not on vista, not with static, not with anything.
Comment by Xaim »
this is shit hothing happeedn frmm this trickk worst techqniqueeeee
Comment by Anon »
Lrn2internet, this works fine.
Comment by Black Widower »
cmd.exe – ipconfig /release – exit
leave it like that overnight, when you return to your computer in the morning:
cmd.exe – ipconfig /renew – exit
you should have a new IP address
Comment by Rune »
Works, my ass.. this is bs!
Comment by iviiaiviixvic3 »
I have to say guys it worked perfect for me….
Comment by Gaz »
It worked for me to bypass the Rapidshare limit. Thanks. And as for you guys complaining go stuff it up your ungrateful you know whats.
Comment by kaitkenn »
this works on xp but not vista. when i try to type 10.0.0.1 in and press tab a window pops up and says this is not a valid ip address. how do i do this on vista?
Comment by Bob H »
Thnx for the info it worked! on roadrunner.. I was looking for something to get a new ip address from rr
Comment by Bob »
I used this many times to get unbanned from Ventrilo servers. If you do it right, works wonderfully.
Comment by michael »
flipping awesome… i mean seriously.
Comment by Bob Pencilneck »
Works perfectly on Windows 7 ultimate retail version ! ! Thank you VERY MUCH hah !!
Comment by mclean »
I did this and it worked until I plugged my router back in. Then the IP address I had before came back. What am I doing wrong?
Comment by Henry »
It can be done much simpler:
at the command prompt type ipconfig/release
enter
then type ipconfig/renew
VOILA same result, in 2 steps
Comment by lisa »
can you do this twice? i have and notice it is still the same ip as last time. it was great the first time
Comment by DaveH »
Whoever wrote this has no idea how IP addresses work. You have a local IP that your computer uses to talk to your network with, and an outside IP that your router uses to connect with the rest of the world. That’s what a router does … translates the outside IP to the internal IP’s in your local network.The above process will change your LOCAL network IP, it won’t change the IP your router uses to go out on the Internet with. It only appears to work for some because the process, as it’s spelled out, resets the router, causing the outside IP to be refreshed. You could do exactly the same thing by powering down the modem and router without messing with your network settings at all. However … some Internet providers will reassign exactly the same outside IP on a reset, and some require a specific one to connect at all. If you don’t have a router and connect directly to the modem, then your inside and outside IP are the same, but resetting the modem alone will change it unless the provider requires a specific IP (in which case, you are out of luck in any case).
Comment by Blaze »
Does This Work For Vista?
Comment by Given »
Hey guyz help me i’m need of ip address
Comment by techmania »
this is not right, the ip address 10.0.0.1 is not accepted at all..