Change IP Address?

[estranged_1]

Does anyone here know how to change the IP address that your computer sends out. I am using a wireless router connection with Cable internet hook up..... can anyone help?

[digitaloracle]

Depends on what you want to change. If you want to change the external adress of your router, then chances are you can't do it unless you pay your ISP a lot of money (and even then they will probably just assign you one). If you want to change the internal adress of your router, then you can do that. The actual procedure varies from router to rouer, but hunt around in the config area and you will find it (generally, consumer routers will have web based configurations, just go to your web broswer and type in your router's IP.

If you want to change your computer's adress, then Control pnael > Network connections> right click your active one> properties > highlight TCP/IP > Properties, and change it there, However, for things to work properly, the adress be 192.168.0.something or 10.10.0.something. Generally, whatever your router's first 3 numbers are, those should be the first 3 fo all computers on your local network.

[estranged_1]

Depends.... i belong to a forum that displays your ip address under every post.... i am trying to change that ip addres

[Obtruse_Man4]

That's an external IP address, and it might be easier than you think. It depends on who your ISP is, but most ISP's don't give you a static IP, you get a dynamic IP. If you have a dynamic IP, it might be as simple as uncaching the MAC address that is cached in your modem. That's the case with me. If you have a static IP, then there's not much you can do unless you want to pay your ISP a good bit of money.

You could also mask you external IP by using a transparent proxy, though most of the time a trace route will tell someone, who is trying to find you, your real IP. As digitaloracle said, it depends on your situation and your setup.