Dynamic IP's

[pparks1]

So...any ideas?

What exactly are you trying to do? It seems you have a DHCP address assigned. 192.168.1.64.

Do you really need this to change, and why?

 

[vaughnb21]

For one thing, Megavideo. Another, just so I know how. I know I have a dynamic IP, but I can't seem to change it. I merely want to know how.

 

[darkassain]

So...any ideas?

What exactly are you trying to do? It seems you have a DHCP address assigned. 192.168.1.64.

Do you really need this to change, and why?

i also don't understand...
this being a 2wire modem the modem is just most likely has a preassigned IP for this computer which it has already leased
according to my modem the amount of time (DHCP Lease Time) is 24 hours which you can change

For one thing, Megavideo. Another, just so I know how. I know I have a dynamic IP, but I can't seem to change it. I merely want to know how.

this wont work as its looking at the either the public ip, cookies or both....
you need to change the public ip (meaning wan side) ip most likely
you can either do that by unplugging the modem cable or restarting the router

 

[pparks1]

Ok, quick lesson on DHCP for you.

When you first turn on your computer, it broadcasts for a DHCP address. When the DHCP server gets the request, it only sees the MAC address (Physical Address) and records the MAC address and assigns a DHCP address to it.

That DHCP address is given for a certain lease time. Let's say it's 4 days. So, 5 hours later, you reboot the computer, it broadcasts again for an address and the server notices that it gave the address of 192.168.1.64 previously to this MAC address. Since it hasn't given that address out to anybody else yet, it simply reassigns it back to the client.

At the 50% lease mark (2 days in my example), the computer will automatically try to renew that lease. If successfull, the computer will renew it again for 4 more days.

So, lets say that you turn off your computer for 5 days. Well, in the course of 5 days, the lease on your computer would expire. However, if the DHCP server doesn't give that address to another machine...then your machine will get that same address again for another 4 days.

So, the best way to get a new address is to get a different MAC address. And the best way to do that is to install a new network card into your computer.

 

[Darryl Licht]

Ok, quick lesson on DHCP for you.

When you first turn on your computer, it broadcasts for a DHCP address. When the DHCP server gets the request, it only sees the MAC address (Physical Address) and records the MAC address and assigns a DHCP address to it.

That DHCP address is given for a certain lease time. Let's say it's 4 days. So, 5 hours later, you reboot the computer, it broadcasts again for an address and the server notices that it gave the address of 192.168.1.64 previously to this MAC address. Since it hasn't given that address out to anybody else yet, it simply reassigns it back to the client.

At the 50% lease mark (2 days in my example), the computer will automatically try to renew that lease. If successfull, the computer will renew it again for 4 more days.

So, lets say that you turn off your computer for 5 days. Well, in the course of 5 days, the lease on your computer would expire. However, if the DHCP server doesn't give that address to another machine...then your machine will get that same address again for another 4 days.

So, the best way to get a new address is to get a different MAC address. And the best way to do that is to install a new network card into your computer.

You hit a homerun there pparks!

To draw an analogy... the DHCP server is akin to a dealer in a poker game. DHCP deals out the IPs as PC's are turned on and alert the DHCP they need an IP.

Preferred IP means that the PC get this address because it has had it before and thus it is the preferred IP for that MAC address.

Unfortunatley, for those of us who play poker... we dont get the AA we prefer as hole cards in holdem! LOL!

 

[brady]

My router/modem(it's actually both at once, as it has built-on wireless, and multiple ethernet ports) is an AT&T U-Verse 3800HGV-B.

You'll need to either reset the router or call your ISP for an ip change.

 

[Darryl Licht]

Alright, I'm about to end up tearing my hair out over this. I'm trying to get my IP to refresh, so I can get a new one. Doing it on Windows XP was easy enough. But for the life of me, I cannot get this dang thing to work. Each time I try

It gives me a stupid error. I've been to every corner of the internet trying to figure out what in the world I'm supposed to do. Now I'm not exactly super-savvy with this stuff, but I do know that everything I've tried so far should work. I know I have a dynamic IP address, checked that myself and called to find out. But even so, I always have the same one.

So. Does anyone, at all, know how to get a dynamic IP address to change, or to use the above codes to change it? Or something else? Tearing out my hair here...

Your internal IP doesnt really matter... everything should work as usual, no matter what internal (private) IP your router/modem issues a PC.