READ THIS If You Have A Cable Modem - IP ADDRESS

[thelizardking]

Originally Posted by twdell

yeah, i can do the unplug modem trick with the ipconfig/release, but i would have liked to retain the old IP address that i used to log in before. i guess i will have to just take my chances with having a new IP address every time i log into a different account.

I couldn't get the old IP back either...I did notice when I run cmd then ipconfig/all at the bottom it tells me how long the lease is for..mines for only 1 hr..but I haven't had any problems using a different IP each time as long as it has been in my city..but after that hr is up I get a new set of numbers rather than just the last 2 sets changing..

[Itzabreeze]

I only can seem to get two different Ip addresses from this method?. Any ideas?. Thanks.

[2GIRLS1CUP]

I've heard that your mac address must be changed. I think the MAC of your cable modem is attached to your IP once it's forwarded from your router, so wouldn't you also have to buy a new cable modem?

[thelizardking]

Originally Posted by Itzabreeze

I only can seem to get two different Ip addresses from this method?. Any ideas?. Thanks.

Try unplugging your modem overnight works for me..I gives me two then I unplug the modem and USB cable from the computer..plug it back in in the am and I get one new number ane one of the "old" numbers..I only need 2 or 3 at a time so it works good for me..sometimes I just unplug for an hr and it changes too..

[doughboykilla]

Just courious on these ip address are they randomly across the US or all with in your city just dif ips?

[thelizardking]

Mine have been either in my city or another city in my state, once I got one from another state...

[screwedagain]

i know Josh mentioned you can use your old ip's by typing it in manually. But I cannot get my DHCP to be enalbled. Anyone had any luck with reusing their old ip's. My DHCP says disabled and i cannot figure out where to get it to enable. thanks

[Cachufleta]

Originally Posted by super stealth

This is great for getting new ip's....but i cant get my my comcast modem to use the old ips .....anyone have any ideas on what im doing wrong??

I go back into INTERNET PROTOCAL (TCP/IP)

TYPE IN MY OLD IP, SUBNET MASK, DEFAULT GATEWAY& DNS SERVERS.

I PRESS OK AND AND CLOSE OUT THE WINDOWS.

I TYPE IN IPCONFIG/ALL AND EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED BUT I CANNOT CONNECT TO THE INTERNET .

Hi !!

Ive been through the same issue till Ive sorted it out.

The guide is missing some important steps:

At the end, when you want to switch back to the other IP:

1- go back to tcp ip, type the IP/Submask/Gateway info
2- leave the DNS fields EMPTY
3- press OK twice

(at this point if you ipconfig /all you'll see lots of missing info but the new IP should be there)

4- open the TCP/IP section again
5- switch to `Use Automatic IP address`
6- press OK twice

That's it!! now ipconfig /all will display complete information with the dns obtained automatically from isp (no need to input them manually).

Hope this helps!

[screwedagain]

I tried that just now. But it gives me a new ip. I have couple ip's that i used before and it is not taken by someone else. But when I do your last step to automatically obtain an ip, it gives me a new one. I would like a way to get an old ip back. This is what i did:

-Go to tcp/ip properites
-Type in the ip, subnet and gateway
-check get dns automatically
-press ok
-check ipconfig/all and see the ip i typed in on step 2
-go back to tcp/ip and click obtain ip automatically
-check ipconfig/all again and the ip changed to a new one.

Is this what you did as well, and were you able to CHOOSE an old ip from before. thanks

[Cachufleta]

Originally Posted by screwedagain

I tried that just now. But it gives me a new ip. I have couple ip's that i used before and it is not taken by someone else. But when I do your last step to automatically obtain an ip, it gives me a new one. I would like a way to get an old ip back. This is what i did:

1-Go to tcp/ip properites
2-Type in the ip, subnet and gateway
3-check get dns automatically
4-press ok
5-check ipconfig/all and see the ip i typed in on step 2
6-go back to tcp/ip and click obtain ip automatically
7-check ipconfig/all again and the ip changed to a new one.

Is this what you did as well, and were you able to CHOOSE an old ip from before. thanks

Hi!

Try this, in 3)- instead of "get dns automatically"
tick as if you will enter manually the DNS but leave it blank. Also make sure the Subnet is exactly the same and not the one that is generated automatically after you change field as this entry may differ from the one you had before. - OK+OK

At this point ipconfig/all will show u the IP but there is no net connection at all.

Continue to tcp/ip again and switch to automatic IP AND automatic DNS. - OK+OK

What can be happening is the IPs you want to switch to are already assigned. Try switching back to your recently used IP just to test the method, post back if it worked for you!

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I tried this and I got a problem.

My cable provider assigns me the same IP address even after the lease expires or after I try to release and renew it. I called 'em up and they seem to know as much about networking as I do and basically told me what I already knew. Maybe it will change and maybe it won't.

I read a post somewhere today that said that the ISP has a table, they call it the DHCP table if I am correct, for IP addresses for all clients and basically to ensure that all clients get their addresses the table usually just re-assigns the IP addresses to them. Mine has been static for about a week now and I read other customers of my cable company say theirs has been static for 6 months.

So if this doesn't work you think I should switch to DSL or dialup?

[screwedagain]

Ok I started getting a hang of it just last week, took me a long time but this is where i am at right now. Couple months ago i was jotting down the ip's, default gateway and subnet. Well i was able to go back to those ip's with the method started in this thread. But i was only able to go back to 3 of those ip's.

I spoke with Roadrunner tech support last weekend and this is what they told me. Once the ip's are released, the ip's goes back to the pool and when that happens roadrunner don't have them for their customers no more. It seems as though what he was saying is true, becuase the past 20 ip's i been getting i cannot get them back unless i do so within 5 minutes. But for the 3 that i have been able to go back to, these 3 ip's have been sitting around for a month and a half or so and i am able to obtain these ip's again.

So basically i am trying to figure out, it might be something i did to keep these ips available in the roadrunner ip pool without them loosing it. I don't know if its luck or something i did.

Can someone explain why once the ip's are released by me, the ip's are not available to roadrunners customers no more.

[eBayHaters]

I got a new IP address after first try. Then I try to type ipconfig/release again in the cmd. It shows
"Windows IP Configuration

The operation failed as no adapter is in the state permissible for this operation."

I don't know if I did anything wrong. Please advice. Thank you.

[eBayHaters]

I tried to type ipconfig/release on my windows vista laptop.
It shows
"The requested operation requires elevation."
What should I do? Thank you.

[zhouxi]

Does ebay detect the MAC address of the DSL router WAN port? As per Stealth book, eBay doesn't, but eBay can easily detect your IP address, why can't they detect the DSL router WAN port MAC address? MAC address is supposed to be unique address.

Anyone knows ?

[zhouxi]

hi MrJosh:

I really doubt your method. What you are changing is the IP address in LAN. You Internet IP address is your WAN IP address, something like, 202.x.x.x or 44.x.x.x That is the IP that eBay detects and records.

Go to What Is My IP Address? - IP Address Lookup, Bandwidth Speed Test, IP Info, plus more to write down your real IP address.

These 3 IP segments are private IP ranges and usually used in LAN, but not in WAN.
192.xx.x.x
172.x.x.
10.x.x.
See Wiki: Private network - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So, after you changed your IP from 192,168.0.1 to 192.168.0.10, you didn't change your WAN IP. You use ipconfig/all to see the LAN IP has been changed, but actually you are still using same IP address to login eBay. Be careful, you will be banned someday

Go to this website to run a test: What Is My IP Address? - IP Address Lookup, Bandwidth Speed Test, IP Info, plus more

[thelizardking]

nope, this definitely works, if it didn't I would have been linked long ago

[suspendednowwhat]

Originally Posted by skyhighmtl

I changed my ip but only the two last digits changed. It was like 70.81.434.32 and now its like 70.81.233.12

Am I okay like this or I'll get tracked?

My case is even worse, only the last digit changed a little, like it was 59 before and now is 60. I am wondering if anyone can help with it. By the way, I followed instruction and only 2 totally different IP (all digits change) were ever assigned. what is going on?

[GreenBean]

aspkin assured me the other day that the last digit change is still OK. Say the IP range is

123.456.76.12, then you change whatever way and the new range is
123.456.76.21 aspkin said that is fine. Hope this helps.

[eBayHaters]

Just got a Linksys WRT54G2 today hooked up with my cable model. I tried to change the MAC address to force the cable provider give me a new IP address every time. It works great. The IPs I received are totally different every single time. For example: first time was 75.128.xx.xxx, second time was 24.205.xxx.xxx, third time was 71.9.xx.x. Thank the forum to help me get back to ebay again.