Better way to Change your IP with Cable Modem Connected to CERTAIN Wireless Routers
I wrote this because the other "Good" write up did not work for me and it might not work for other as well. This one worked like a charm for me and it forced the cable company to provide me with a new IP address.
Before you start make sure you jot down your current IP address to make sure a change has taken effect. Goto What Is My IP Address? - IP Address Lookup, Info, Speed Test, and more for that.
1- Login to your router typically it is 192.168.1.1
2- Default login should be set to Linksys and password to admin
3- click on "MAC Address Clone"
4- Enable it and in the last BOX and I repeat, in the LAST BOX replace the 00 with 01.
5- DO NOT HIT CLONE, instead click on save settings (You will be disconnected from the internet, but that is OK).
6- Turn your modem, and your router off (Does not matter which order).
7- Wait for about 30 seconds, and then Turn on the Modem first and then the wireless router.
8- Go to your router settings on the browser again, click on status.
9- Click on DHCP release and then Click on DHCP Renew.
That in turn forces your cable internet provider (Typically comcast) to authorize a new IP address to you as it recognizes you as a new person.
Last edited by digzober; 07-01-2008 at 10:52 PM.
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