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Originally Posted by MasterChief  Indulge this techie noob.
How do you get the same IP from a MAC address..and how do you get the same MAC address. :D | I have a router connected to my modem. When I edit the MAC address of the router, the ISP then assigns an IP address to associate with that MAC address until it expires.
For instance, I'll make a new account called Account2. Before I register anything I make an IP that will associate with it. So I go to my IP spreadsheet, copy one of the old MAC addresses and change a couple letters and numbers so its new and unique. When I restart the modem, a new IP is assigned! So now I use this IP for doing anything online associated with Account2.
Now when I need to go back and edit my old Account1, I change the MAC address back, restart the modem, and my old IP comes back! Keep in mind that Dynamic IP's expire anyway, so eventually a new IP might replace the old one. But whatever it changes to, it will keep using that until that one expires too! And so on.
I like being able choose specifically which IP the modem will be retrieving for me  Less IP's to keep track of!
I'm not too good at explaining things, but I hope that makes sense!   | 
