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IP change help
 

You have to forgive me but I do not know a lot about computers. I tried to do everything step by step from what the book said and didn't have any luck changing my ip.
Here's what I did. Looked at my ip, wrote it down. Then went to my router menu and changed the last two numbers on the wan mac. The router reset, then I reset the modem but after I did that the router wasn't picking up a signal off the modem. So I called Brighthouse and they reset the modem and it worked, no problem. But when I looked to see if the ip had changed, it did not. It is a dynamic ip and the router is a Belkin if that helps anyone give me some feedback on what to do. Feel free to dumb it up for me, like I said I don't know to much about computers. Thanks

Also when I checked the wan mac number it had completely changed from what I even changed it from but the ip on my computer was the same.

I am also having trouble with this.
I have Road Runner internet that is provided to me by BrightHouse Networks.
I tried changing the MAC address like the book says and resetting the modem, but the IP address stayed the same.
I did have someone tell me to unplug the modem for 24 hours and then plug it back in and that might change the IP. I am going to try that and see what happens.
I will let you know if I have any luck.

hey did you guys ever find a solution for this problem?

Try changing only the last 4 digits of the MAC address. Then unplug your router and cable modem. Then restart your computer or switch user accounts. Leave the router and cable modem off for at least 3-4 minutes. Make sure you have windows fired up and logged in then plug your devices back in. Give it a couple minutes to start up and then go to ipburger.com to see if your IP changed.

Exact steps I use... Good luck!

I thought you were supposed to change only the last two digits?

I always change the last 4 digits. The x's in the following example MAC 00 A0 D0 86 XX XX

Hi i am having trouble changing my ip address my isp is sky and i have a d-link router? Can anyone guide me in the right direction pls.

First step is to log into your router. Google how to log into the specific model of your D-Link router. Usually you just use your web browser to go to 192.168.1.1 like it's a website. I've also seen (192.168.2.1), (192.168.0.1), and others... Typically the username is 'admin' and the password is blank, if I recall correctly...