How to change your IP Addy USE THIS METHOD
Always scan over tutorials to make sure you understand the terms and what you need to do. If you are unsure about one of the steps, just ask.

If you follow these steps, you can't go wrong. If your IP address did not change then you did not complete the steps and that's a fact. These steps will change your IP address...now:

1. Click on Start in the bottom left hand corner of screen
2. Click on Run
3. Type in command and hit okay

You should now be at an MSDOS prompt screen.

4. Type ipconfig(space)/release just like that, and hit enter

NOTE: (space) does not mean type the word space, it means hit your space bar. It means there's a space between the 2 items.

5. Type exit and hit enter to leave the prompt

6. Right-click on Network Places or My Network Places on your desktop.

7. Click on properties

You should now be on a screen with something titled Local Area Connection, or something close to that, and, if you have a network hooked up, all of your other networks.

8. Right click on Local Area Connection and click properties

9. Double-click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) from the list under the General tab

10. Click on Use the following IP address under the General tab

11. Create an IP address (It doesn't matter what it is. I just type 1 and 2 until i fill the area up).

12. Press Tab and it should automatically fill in the Subnet Mask section with default numbers.

13. Hit the okay button here

14. Hit the okay button again

You should now be back to the Local Area Connection screen.

15. Right-click back on Local Area Connection and go to properties again.
16. Go back to the TCP/IP settings
17. This time, select Obtain an IP address automatically
18. Hit okay
19. Hit okay again
20. You now have a new IP address

With a little practice, you can easily get this process down to 15 seconds.

*Note* This only changes your dynamic IP address, not your ISP/IP address. If you plan on hacking a website with this trick be extremely careful, because if they try a little, they can trace it back

What Command i take it?

Hi Adam :P all you have to do is type "Command" you will get the prompt.

If youre lazy like me and dont like to type much do this:

Do CTRL/ALT/DELETE to bring up your taskbar.

click File

While holding down the CTRL key click New Task Run

There you have your Command Prompt
:P

So if i do this i can change over ip's are something?

Yes... you can actually change your IP address using this method..I broke it down for ya:


"How do I change my IP address?" and "Can I change my IP address?" are probably the most commonly asked questions. Please attempt the following then, if that does not work, visit the Change IP Address forum.

Before trying any other methods to change your IP address, try turning off (or unplugging the power of) your Cable/DSL modem for five minutes. In many cases this will change your IP address. However, if that does not change your IP address, repeat the process for 8 hours (overnight works well) instead of 5 minutes. Hopefully this will result in an IP change.

If the above does not result in your IP address changing, please look through the below for the situation that best matches yours and attempt to change your IP address that way. Unfortunately you are not able to get your IP address to change in all cases, as it is ultimate determined by your ISP's DHCP configuration (when you've got a dynamically assigned IP address, that is.)
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Windows - Computer connected directly to the modem

1. Get to a command prompt. (START, run, cmd).




2. Type "ipconfig /release" (without the quotes, on the command line by itself).
3. Type "ipconfig /renew" (without the quotes, on the command line by itself).

Windows (second option) - Computer connected directly to the modem

1. Get to a command prompt. (START, run, cmd).
2. Type "ipconfig /release" (without the quotes).
3. Shut down computer.
4. Turn off computer.
5. Turn off all ethernet hubs/switches.
6. Turn off cable/DSL modem.
7. Leave off overnight.
8. Turn everything back on.

Network with Router

1. Log into the router's admin console. (Often http://192.168.1.1/)
2. Release the IP address. (Method varies by router manufacturer)
3. Turn off router, ethernet hubs/switches, and the cable/DSL modem.
4. Leave off overnight.
5. Turn everything back on.

If you are using a cable/DSL modem and a router, you may wish to connect your computer directly to the cable/DSL modem. Please note that this could significantly impact your system security. This allows your ISP's DHCP to issue you a new (hopefully changed) IP address based of the (hardware) MAC address of your computer's ethernet card.

If all the above has not worked to change your IP address and you have a router, check and see if there is a "Clone MAC Address" option. Using it should change your IP address, however, you'll only be able to do it once (in most cases).

These will not work in all cases. If all else fails contact your internet service provider (ISP) and ask them if they are able to change your IP address or how long your connection needs to be off for your IP address to change.

If you trying to change your IP address because you are just trying to access web based forums you may wish to attempt to configure your internet browser to use a proxy server.

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This is my favorite place to visis when Im in a hurry.. check it out

http://anonymouse.org/anonwww.html

Thanks matey

The first post I made absolutely still works. I have just downloaded most of my rapidshare files in less than 30 minutes without having to wait

The thing is, you can put ANY IP address that you want. The more you do it the less time it takes and as such, you can download as many rapidshare files as you wish..

yaaaaaaay! :P