get new ip every 20 mins o2 broadband
Hi all
I am using o2 broadband think they call it live broadband now. I was trying to find a solution that would allow me to change my ip as i have tried turning the router off for 12 hours and everything.If you read one of my last threads or one that i commented in. I went and got myself a Static IP from o2 which cost £5 a month pro rata and then cancelled it. I was gonna do this as many times as i could but then thought it might look a little suspicious.
Anyway i now have a dynamic ip and understand that the ip address' get assigned to you for a lease period which tends to be from 3-5 days but not a 100% sure how long. This is just too long as you may want to jump from one ebay account to the other and the last thing you want is for them to get linked to one another as one of them could go under investigation then the others would follow. So i was planning on buying myself a mobile broadband connection. One of the 3g or t mobile dongles that you get. But they are about £15 a month and am already paying £7.50 for this o2 connection. If it wasnt for the ip change then i wouldnt need a mobile connection. So i done a little reaserch and its possible to change your ip every 20 mins without turning of your router or computer. Heres how
Open a command prompt and telnet to 192.168.1.254
2) Log in as SuperUser / O2Br0ad64nd
3) Paste in these lines (sometimes you may have to use the little icon at the top-left of the command prompt window in order to paste):
ip ifdetach intf=O2_ADSL2plus
ip ifconfig intf=O2_ADSL2plus hwaddr=02:21:6b:96:4c  1
ip ifattach intf=O2_ADSL2plus
exit
At this point you should now have a new IP address. You have to repeat this each time you want a new IP address iI was told that f you change your address more than once in the space of 20 minutes you may have to wait a few minutes before you can reconnect to the internet, however when i tried this i had the same ip. Still need to check if it will give a new ip after 20 mins. Have heard it has worked so am assuming its ok.
Special note for Windows Vista users: telnet is not installed by default. Go to:
Control Panel > Programs > Turn Windows Features on and off
Put a tick in "Telnet Client" and click "OK"
Any problems then please post to the thread so we can try and figure it out
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