How to Change your IP Address (Windows) by Anas Amin ~ Anas Amin

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Renew your IP address in the command prompt. To open the command prompt, enter “cmd” into the Search field in the Start menu. In Windows 8, type “cmd” when on the Start screen.
- Once the command prompt it open type: “ipconfig /release”
- After the message is displayed, type: “ipconfig /renew”
- You will see your new IP address and other connection settings displayed.
2
Change your IP address through the router. Routers assign every device on the network a private IP address. You can change the IP address of each device by opening the configuration page of your router.
- Open the LAN Setup section. The wording for the section will vary depending on the router brand. Look for the Address Reservation section. Here you can assign permanent private IPs to specific devices. Create a new entry.
- Select the device from the list of connected devices. If you don’t see it, you will need to manually enter the device’s MAC address and name.
- Choose an IP address. Typically you can leave the first three sections of the address the same (usually 192.168.1). The last section is the number that you should change. On most routers you can enter any number between 1 and 100, although some let you go as high as 254.
- Make sure that the address you pick is not currently in use by another device on the network. This will cause a conflict, and one device will lose its connection

3 Change your IP address through Windows Network Connections. Open Network Connections. Click the Start button, then right-click on Network. SelectProperties from the menu. This will open the Network and Sharing Center. SelectManage/View network connections from the left frame.
- Windows 8 users can start typing “network and sharing center” while on the Start screen and select it from the list.
- Windows XP users can right-click on My Network Places in the Start menu and select Properties to see the list of their connections.

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Right-click the connection that you want to change. Click Properties. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

Click the Networking tab. Under This connection uses the following items, click either Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) or Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6), and then click the Properties button.

To specify your IP address for IPv4, click Use the following IP address, and then, in the IP address, Subnet mask, and Default gateway boxes, type the IP address settings.

To specify an IP address for IPv6, click Use the following IPv6 address, and then, in the IPv6 address, Subnet prefix length, and Default gateway boxes, type the IP address settings.

A typical IPv4 address looks like 192.168.1.2; a typical subnet mask would be 255.255.255.0. The Default Gateway is generally the address of your router. For example, the numbers for our system are as follows: