how do i change or clear my IP address?

Question

i wan banned on a forum (spidey's web)
and my accont was banned
im using a cable modem
cable internet

Answer 1

Very easy
First of all in reference to the part answer given a dsl system will assign a new ip when you connect .
( dynamic or rolling ip)
You specified that you have a cable connection
The ip will stay the same for a long period of time - a static ip
Two ways to do - both very easy
You might try assigning a proxy from your cable network
go to ask marvin.ca and see if your service is listed
It may or may not work.
You can use a proxy that is geographically on the far other side ( 1000 miles if there is a system there)

Next way is very simple

- unplug the cable modem
- write down the last digits of your ip just for reference to be sure that it was changed
- either plug your network card from the computer directly into the modem ( new mac address) or change the mac address of your router
easy go to setup > "clone mac addres:s"
You can clone the mac address of the network card or change it to anything you want. Pretty sneaky..
I have to wait about 15 minutes of the cable modem to be unplugged . You may have to wait longer - even overnight at the worst.

When you plug in the cable modem the dhcp of the network will think that it is a new device on the network that it does not know and will assign a new ( and diffirent than before) ip address

As for the answer about dynamic ips that is wrong information a little knowledge is a dangerous ( and misleading ) thing.

Have fun

Answer 2

Yes, your IP address should change once in a while. It's what is known as a dynamic IP address and internet service providers (ISPs) use them for a number of reasons. One is security, having your IP address change periodically means that if someone does compromise your system they will only have access for a limited time until you get a new IP address. Another reason is to discourage users from running servers on their computers, which is usually a violation of the terms of service with your ISP. If your IP address changes you can't run a web server and register a web address to your computer. There are services that provide a work around to this known as Dynamic DNS which will update every time your IP address changes. One more reason is address availability. If an ISP has 1000 IP addresses available to them, using dynamic IP addresses allows them to have more than 1000 customers.. As long as they don't all go online at the same time ;-) The opposite of a Dynamic IP address is a Static IP address that will never change. You usually only get a Static IP address with professional or business class service from your ISP which costs a lot more. The reason all the addresses you "tracked" say they are all from the same state is because your ISP purchases a certain block, or range, of IP addresses. The IP addresses they assign you are from within that block. If your ISP owns 192.0.0.1 - 192.168.255.255* then your IP address will be somewhere in there but it won't always be the same. * IP addresses that start with 192.168 are reserved for local networks and aren't actual unique internet IP addresses (so there might be thousands of computers that have an IP address of 192.168.64.64 for example). I just used those for the example so I'm not inadvertently using someones IP address. [edit] DIY Experiment! If you're using Windows then try this: 1) Open a command prompt (Start -> Run -> Type "cmd.exe" -> Click OK) 2) When the window opens type "ipconfig /all" without the quotes and press enter. 3) Look for the line that says "Lease Expires", that is when your computer will renew the IP address and you'll probably get a different one. Mine looks like this: Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, August 11, 2008 9:55:04 AM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 18, 2038 11:14:07 PM Your IP address will probably expire sooner then mine. The reason mine doesn't expire until 2038 is because I'm on a local network and that's for my local static IP address. My actual internet IP address that is assigned to my router and not my computer expires in about 17 hours.

Answer 3

Lots of crap answers for this one above...

Here's how you force a change of your IP address; however, the administrator of the forum will probably suspect that you've changed your address, since the majority of the domain name associated with your IP adress will be essentially the same as your old address.

With that being said, if you're using a router, simply change the WAN facing MAC address of your router, power down your router and your cable modem for about 5 minutes, power on the router and wait for all the lights to come on, then power on the router and let it sync up.

You should then have a new IP address.

If you don't have a router, you'll have to monkey with the "network address" or "mac address" of your NIC in the setting for your network card, power down your modem and computer, wait 5 minutes or so, the power up the modem, wait for all the lights to come on, then power on the computer. You should then have a new IP address.

Good Luck,

Annorax64.

Answer 4

Dude, don't get your IP changed... use a proxy server. This masks your IP, resulting in being ban-free for the rest of your internet life. Enjoy!

Answer 5

disconnect your modem before you lease is up.

do a ipconfig /all in a command prompt and you will see
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, May 24, 2007 12:26:05 AM
after the lease is expired the cable modem will connect to the dhcp server/switch and ask for a new ip address.

Answer 6

you personally, can't change your Ip address. this is supplied to you by your Internet service provider, they give you a IP address each time you log onto the net

Answer 7

if you have a dynamic IP, your IP address changes everytime you restart your computer.
If you have static IP, ask your internet service provider to assign you a new IP address

Answer 8

you cannot change your ip address or clear it...
However you can mask it with a proxy....
you can download a program from www.v7soft.net
or you can go to www.backfox.com or www.guardster.com or www.unipeak.com or other sites just search anonymous proxy and they will come up.

Answer 9

i don't think you can change your ip address on your computer.