i have a static IP so steven would this work for me?

before i joined this forum, id been banned from a site i liked, and i was trying to change my IP. i couldnt find any tutorials except these ones that took all day to do and then you have to leave the computer on overnight.

but the next time i need to change my IP for wotever reason ill do it like this! it looks to be good!

In order to really answer your question, I need some more info's.
First of all, how did you get this static IP ? Is this the static IP your Internet provider gave to you ?
Secondly, how are you connected to the internet ? Is it at home, connected to an ADSL router ? Or is it at your office, conected to your office network ?
In both cases, this trick will probably not work for you.
Probably you are not connected directly to the internet, you are probably connected through an ADSL router. This ADSL router owns the fixed IP address, and your PC has another address, a private address like 192.168.1.12. If you use this tutorial to change this address to somithing like 192.168.1.22 (another addres on the same private network) this will work but your "external visible" address will remain the same, and you will still be banned. If you change your PC address to another one which is not on the same private network, your internet connexion will simply not work any more !
If you are dirrectly connected to the internet (no router) and if your fixed IP address has been given to you by your Internet provider, you have to use this fixed address. You cannot use this tutorial in order to change your IP address because you will use the address of somebody else, your Internet provider will be warned not to do that and he will simply disconnect your line and you will have no Internet any more until you find a good explanation.
So, unfortunately, in most of cases it's not easy to be un-banned, at least not possible with the present tutorials.

This tutorial explains standard things, for normal users. If you want to cheat in order to do illegal things (for instance if your IP has been banned from a site) the info's you want are on hacker's site. Unfortunately, surfing on hacker's site is rather dangerous, especially for your own PC !
Regards
Yordan

Nice tutorial. Easy to remember. I didn't know you can change IP address with ipconfig. Only use this command to check my current IP. Normally would use the web-base home network software to change them.

Well this may work for some people...however if you are connected through a network LAN or if you have a static IP address, this isn't going to do anything for you...

when connected to an internal local area network you are going to just get a new local IP address, but not a new public one...so i guess if you are having problems with your IP locally then that might offer some help...

As for a static IP, this isn't going to make any difference for that, you'll either get an error or end up with the same IP address.

I'm getting a little rounded up here... why would you need to specify an IP address if you're using a DHCP? That alone should determine your local addresses...

as far as the access to external sites is concernced, I think you would be looking into proxies ->


also -> if you have a static ip address, you should run a nameserver



P.S. :> ipconfig /renew


should getcha a new ip address off your dhcp...

This post has been edited by polarysekt: Sep 24 2007, 04:03 PM

Ok I have DHCP enabled and my ISP says that I can't force an IP address in my system's network configuration.
I know that Java chat rooms are incompatible with proxy servers as instead of connecting to the actual site, they will connect to the proxy server, which obviously doesn't have the file.

Is there any way I can circumvent a Java chat room block? I'm not trying to go against DNS or proxies here, but this is just ridiculous.

OK, in your home network, usually, you have an ADSL modem or an ADSL switch or router.
Your PC, connected to the modem, has a private network address, usually something like 192.168.1.2
Your PC reaches the external world through a worldwide unique official IP address, something like 216.240.134.213.
This address is affected to you by your ISP.
Sometimes this address is fixed, sometimes it's given to you for a given period of time (typically 7 days). For instance, some ISP's give you a fixed address for free, some others change your IP address every week and ask you extra money if you want a fixed IP address.
This fixed IP is related to your physical position for accountings and maintenance purposes (in case of trouble they need to know on which phone line there is a problem, or where is the house which is not reachable). That's why they don't want to change these date, if they change something in your accounting data they need to inform absolutely everybody : the customer service people in case you call the hot line for declaring a problem, the phone company in order to tell them there is an internet connexion on this line and care should be given when unscrewing the cables, etc...
Thant's why you can use a fixed IP address if you want, but this fixed address is on your own network and is not visible from elsewhere.
The proxy is the device between you and the internet, it helps saying where you are and where to send the internet packets. So, the role of the proxy is essential. That's why the most simple thing is, when you install your PC, to install it as a DHCP client of your DHCP server (your router), which will provide all the necessary infos, like name-to-IP translations.
There is nothing really incompatible with a proxy server. Simply, some proxy servers are protected by firewalls. And some addresses are on the blacklist, by default, because they are known to be dangerous.
If you want to access a precise given Java chatroom and you cannot, first verify that your own PC has no problem (my Mc Afee advisor on my own PC doesn't like some sites and prevents myself from surfing on some sites) ; then ask your ISP to unlock the precise forum where you cannot go, they will be able to check why you cannot go to www.yorblog.something.
And, of course, trying to cheat on IP addresses is sometimes dangerous and sometimes stupid. Have a look at the IP address I just gave you some lines above the present one, suppose that you were able to configure this address on your PC, this IP address is the one of another computer somewhere on the world : your computer would be able to send queries to a website, and the answer would be shipped to the other computer, which would simply reject them as "this is not for me,sorry".
Hope this helped.
Yordan

Keep in mind, however, that changing your IP can have negative consequences. Changing it to something random will almost never work. Also, this changes the local IP of your machine, not the Global one. If your computer is connected to a router, the rest of the world will still think you have the same IP as the router's IP will not have changed.

~Viz

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If you have a Dynamic IP Address, then you can easily change your IP address depending on your ISP. The 1st method listed will change your Global IP if you are not using a router. If you are using a router do this

1. Log into your router. Type 192.168.1.1 into your web browser

2.Look through the options, every router is different. Look for a "system" page or "status" page. It should have your IP address and should have an option to disconnect.

3. Click disconnect and wait 5-10 minutes

4. Click connect and your router will connect with your ISP, and with any luck you will be assigned a new IP address.

A couple comments:

1] The instructions above should work if you have a direct connection to the internet (no router). If you're using a router and want to change your publicly viewable (internet) ip address, do this: login to your router control panel and change your mac address (maybe increase the last digit by 1, that's enough). Then disconnect/reconnect using the router control panel. Now check your ip address again. If any problems, switch back to the previous mac.

2] People who need to frequently switch ip addresses can probably save a lot of time and headaches by using a software like the <a href="http://www.Iprivacytools.Com">ip changer</a> from iprivacytools.

Just my two cents.