READ THIS If You Have A Cable Modem - IP ADDRESS

[MrJosh]

I wanted to share with everyone a way you can switch between mutliple IP addresses with a cable modem. You can record these IP addresses for each account and then as you switch between accounts, you can actually force your modem to that accounts IP address!! eBay loves it when you constantly log in with the same IP address!!

Ok, first of all, you have to have a direct connect modem to computer. If you have a router, there is a more complicated method of doing this, but I will post it later. Anyways, so assuming you have a direct connect, do the following:

1) Go to the start menu, click on run and type CMD
2) Type in IPCONFIG
3) That is the current IP address (assuming you dont have a routed hooked up)
4) Now you are going to type IPCONFIG/RELEASE
5) You will be disconnected from the internet --- Go to Start menu, My Network Places, Click on Network Connections in the left menu, Right click on your internet connection (It may be Local Area Connection, something to that affect)...anyways, right click and select properties
6) Now select Internet Protocal (TCP/IP) and select properties
7) Choose Use the following IP address and type in the following:
IP ADDRESS: 192.168.11.100
Then just click on the Subnet Mask and it will fill it in
8) Next Click OK to close that window and then OK on the other window
9) It will take a couple seconds and then once you are able to, click back on properties for the Internet Protocal (TCP/IP) and select Obtain An IP Address Automatically
10) Click OK and OK to close those windows and now go back to the CMD prompt and type in ipconfig/all
11) As you will see, the IP has changed!!!
12) Now this is the COOL part, you can copy that information (you will need IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, and the DNS Servers) and mark it down for one of your eBay accounts.....When you want to go back to that IP, you just go back to the properties section of the Internet Protocal (TCP/IP) and type in all of that information that you wrote down...BOOM....you are at that IP again (dont believe me, then go to Find My IP Address - Lookup)
13)You can easliy switch between IPs this way and you dont even have to unplug the modem!!!!


Let me know if you have any questions!! GOOD LUCK!!! (PS -- lets make this a sticky!!)

[super stealth]

This is possibly the coolest thing i have ever read!!!!!

[MrJosh]

pretty cool huh! This is the best way to beat the ebay system----they can tell when an ip is, lets say roadrunner, and if you log in with the same roadrunner IP everytime for a certain account, they will think you are pretty secure....and it drastically lowers the probs of your accoutn being linked to another

[bud750]

how about dsl. Great post

[MrJosh]

it might work---try it and let us know---i've only tried with cable w/o router

[ebayhateluv]

FYI- Folks, if you Like Mr. Josh's posts- you can give him credit,
by clicking on the little White "Cauliflower" under his mood....

[californiadreamer]

I cannot wait to hear what you do for a router!!!

[MrJosh]

I will post about the router tommorrow---its a little more complicated, so i'm going to see if there are any work-arounds to some things.

[ebayhateluv]

Yes, Josh, and Remember, I am a Freshman at the School for PC for Dummies..
so, NO verbage like switch your mac attack and then go into the motherboard to route the cable, then out the router into the command prompt for some ip thingie..... PLEASE.. )

[MrJosh]

lol -- hhahaha---ok, i will try my best!

[californiadreamer]

yes, I agree with ebayhateluv I just realized today I have a modem and router together (its one unit) had no idea until today!

[aspkin]

Great post, neat little trick.

You can basically do the same thing with a router. Because a router retains the ip address, it's harder to switch. So telling the router what to retain will make the modem follow. Or something like that. Whenever I need to switch IPs I just reset my modem first then go through the router wizard to capture that IP for me. But that's just me.

Good post MrJosh, this will help someone.

[coolandcalm]

BRAVO!! MrJosh, great work, just tried it, worked just as instructed. Wonder how many different IP's you can obtain this way? Unlimited? Possibilities..Possibilities

[sherrykosborn]

Hello. This is freaking awesome! Thanks for this informatioin as I have a cable modem at my store, which I'm at most of the day

[Slavaja]

hmm this doesn't work for me or is it that im usin a router

[MrJosh]

It won't work for a router - I will post today on how to accomplish this with a router.

[bbcoach]

wow, that worked great, I need to see how it will work with a router, Can't wait to see the post.

[thelizardking]

MrJosh, thanks this is the only thing that has worked so far for my cable modem. Awesome job.

Originally Posted by bud750

how about dsl. Great post

I have DSL at my girls and I just unplug the usb and power from the modem for about a minute and reconnect. Changes everytime but im not sure how to make it so you can pick a specific IP. Try the way MrJosh said and see if it works for DSL too.

[ebayhateluv]

FYI- One thing that makes it Easy enough for someone like me to do-is the way it was Presented. -- An easy, step by step as if he were there.. (Im thinking Modee may have told us this last summer, but I couldn't follow it).So,its been offered here before, But not for the PC Dummy !)

[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 .

[coolandcalm]

I am having the same problem, i think it has something to do with the cable lease date, the new IP is only good for 1-3 days then they cannot be accessed, maybe mrjosh or someone can post here how to change the lease date

[MrJosh]

Chances are that your ISP has assigned that IP to another user...what you can do it just change the last 3 digits plus or minus 1

[coolandcalm]

That is a good idea, then maybe if it is off by a digit or two, not as a big a red flag

[super stealth]

I still can get it to work :( probably because i live in the city . Its still a great plan for changing your ip easily . thanks mr josh !!! if this forum had feedback , id give you an : " A++++ EXCELLENT EBAYER !!! AN ASSET TO THE EBAY COMMUNITY"

[super stealth]

Does anyone know how to get 2 ips out of a comcast router without having to pay extra?? Ive read of people doing this but havnt got any help. pm me if you have any advise.

[ebay-sucks]

I tried this and it did not change anything other then the dynamic IP address.
It did not change the actual IP itself.

Is it suppose the change the actual IP addy?

[viking23]

Aol/Mozilla Question?
I just downloaded Aol 9.0 on my desktop,the first few times I signed into AOl,it gave me an AOL IP address,now it gives me a Mozilla IP,I reset my modem and it gives me a different IP address each time but it is from Mozilla now not AOL.
Is there a way to get AOL to display the IP,rather than Mozilla each time?
Disable Mozilla somehow?
Thanks

[ebayhateluv]

HI, Super Stealth...I remember a post last year about getting 2 ips from a cable-- I am thinking Chris Hanson made the post-- You can search- upper rt hand corner, drop down box-then search like comcast cable , and look for posts around oct/nov--Good Luck!

[TIME FOR A CHANGE]

Mr Josh
Just read your post on the Ip change, have you been able to test it yet with a router attached-thanks

[twdell]

i can't get my cable modem to go back to an old IP that i have saved. i do all of the steps, but it will not connect to the internet. i can easily change my IP with this method though.

[ebay-sucks]

Originally Posted by twdell

i can't get my cable modem to go back to an old IP that i have saved. i do all of the steps, but it will not connect to the internet. i can easily change my IP with this method though.

I had that problem too and once they give you a new one you cannot get the old one back, in most cases they have passed that one onto someone else.
Unplug you modem from the wall and connection for about 10 min, turn it back on and see what happens, it needs time to reset.
Your connection is looking for your new IP address and it should read it automatically.
Do you still have your cable modem disk to run if you need it?

[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.

[becca073]

Did I miss the instructions for the router? I have cable internet and I'm through a router on my wireless notebook. My IP never changes. Even when I have left it off for a few days when we went on vacation. So I have to do everything the hard way with dial up. Took me 8 hours to do 20 listings yesterday.

[skyhighmtl]

Sounds so good! It's that okay if I'm in Canada? Do I have to always change my IP adress or I can stick with the one I have? By the way I change it just before creating my new account so I'm clean. The question is do I have to change it sometimes anyway? thansk

[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?

[ebayvictim]

You should be good with that. When I change my ip sometimes it changes a few digits and sometimes it's completely different....doesn't matter as long as it's changed!

[twdell]

sometimes mine only changes by a couple too, and it has worked fine for me.

[ebay-sucks]

I have tried this numerous time and end up with the same old IP address.

[BooMer]

Hi everyone, this is my first post as I have read that people are trying to change their IP through the router. Well I have done that and would like to share this information. Here is what I did.

Goto ipchicken.com and write your current ip address down.

I have a D-Link wireless router connected to Comcast Cable Modem.

What you need to do is change the MAC ID for the ROUTER ONLY. The reason why people still get the same IP is because of this. The original MAC ID is located on the bottom of the router so there is no need to copy or write it down if you ever want to revert back to it later.

The first step is to connect your Ethernet cable from your computer to the router so they can communicate and adjust settings. You do not need to do anything with the cable modem at this time. It will be towards the end.

Open up IE (internet explorer) or Firefox and type in your router address, mine is 192.168.0.1 if you don't know it then look in your router manual or cd that came with your router. Or goto the Run command and type in "cmd" and the ipconfig/all and you will see you router address.

Enter your login name/password if you have it set, mine is "admin" which is default. Now the menus is different for each router company. Just find the option that says MAC ADDRESS and click on it or click on manual settings and you should see your MAC ADDRESS. It looks like 6 boxes with 12 numbers and letters in sets. For example 01-5d-b2-42-f1-65

Now you want to change the MAC ADDRESS by doing the following.
Leave the first box the same. You only have to change the other boxes with numbers from 0-9 and letters from a-f but keeping the letters and numbers in the same position and only changing the value for example 01-4b-c5-31-a3-45

After you have replace them click on save settings or apply settings.
You will lose internet connection at this time. Now the final step is to unplug your router and your cable modem for about a minute or so and plug it back in. give it couple minutes to initialize and check your ip at ipchicken.com

You now have a new IP address. Repeat the process to get a new IP address through your router.

Thank you and enjoy BooMer!

[love2hate-ebay-]

It worked great for me thank you so much! BTW i have a belkin router and comcast cable internet