ipconfig /release only releases the IP of the device your PC is directly wired to. If your PC is connected to the modem, it gets a new internet IP. If your PC is connected to your router, you get the same LAN IP that the router already remembers. Quote:
Originally Posted by lakeman  Fatty, I also have AT&T DSL and ipconfig/ relase does not change my ip. I change my ip through my router by changing the MAC. Unplugging the modem also works, like Brendaleigh does. | | 
