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Can a IP address be changed?

Updated: 10/3/2023
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No, the Hardware address in your network card will with high probability never change, unless you manually change this yourself..

A IP address change will not affect your mac address, but if you change your MAC address it is likely you will get a new IP address

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Yes, here is how:

Before trying any other methods to change your IP address, try turning off (or unplugging the power of) your Cable/DSL modem for five minutes. In many cases this will change your IP address. However, if that does not change your IP address, repeat the process for 8 hours (overnight works well) instead of 5 minutes. Hopefully this will result in an IP change. If the above does not result in your IP address changing, please look through the below for the situation that best matches yours and attempt to change your IP address that way. Unfortunately you are not able to get your IP address to change in all cases, as it is ultimate determined by your ISP's DHCP configuration (when you've got a dynamically assigned IP address, that is.) Windows - Computer connected directly to the modem # Get to a command prompt. (START, run, cmd).

# Type "ipconfig /release" (without the quotes, on the command line by itself). # Type "ipconfig /renew" (without the quotes, on the command line by itself). Windows (second option) - Computer connected directly to the modem # Get to a command prompt. (START, run, cmd). # Type "ipconfig /release" (without the quotes). # Shut down computer. # Turn off computer. # Turn off all ethernet hubs/switches. # Turn off cable/DSL modem. # Leave off overnight. # Turn everything back on.

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