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My goal is to change the IP address that registers when I visit online web sites. Before you ask, no I didn't do anything illegal. It's completely legitimate.

Moving on, I just got off the phone with Comcast and they had me go to Start>Control Panel>Network Connections, then click on the Support Tab under LAN and hit the Repair button. They said this would change my IP address, but it didn't.

Comcast also said that they could reset my modem, but it wouldn't matter because the modem has a separate IP address than the computer itself. And that the IP address that registers when I visit a web site is the one that belongs to the computer, not the modem.

Can anyone verify if this is true?

I've been trying to reset my IP address for months and have had no success. There must be a way to do it. I refuse to believe that it's not possible!

Your ip is set by your ISP end of story, you can either have a staitc ip or a dynamic one, static is always the same no matter if you change all your hardware, dynamic changes everytime you log in. Google "what is my ip" and write down your ip, then try this, start>run>cmd (if win xp) not sure about vista might be the same type ipconfig /release (space between ipconfig and /)all and wait for it to finish might take a few secs/mins then type ipconfig /renew all go back to "what is my ip" and see if it's changed.. Other than that i think you can mess about with your DNS provider but it doesn't work very well, and you can try using a proxy this will give you a different ip but it's hard to find a good one.purpleRz

There is no such thing as "ipconfig /renew all". Its  ipconfig /renew which resets all your adapters.

[QUOTE="purpleRz"]Your ip is set by your ISP end of story, you can either have a staitc ip or a dynamic one, static is always the same no matter if you change all your hardware, dynamic changes everytime you log in. Google "what is my ip" and write down your ip, then try this, start>run>cmd (if win xp) not sure about vista might be the same type ipconfig /release (space between ipconfig and /)all and wait for it to finish might take a few secs/mins then type ipconfig /renew all go back to "what is my ip" and see if it's changed.. Other than that i think you can mess about with your DNS provider but it doesn't work very well, and you can try using a proxy this will give you a different ip but it's hard to find a good one.threepac81

There is no such thing as "ipconfig /renew all". Its  ipconfig /renew which resets all your adapters.