Is it possible to change IP?

froggy_girl128

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to change your IP address?

thanks

Lorian

If you aretalking about you public IP address on th 'net then it depends on who your ISP is and what service you have.

froggy_girl128

Lorian wrote: »

If you aretalking about you public IP address on th 'net then it depends on who your ISP is and what service you have.

Im with virgin media (telewest)

thanks

planemad

Your IP address should change every time you restart/unplug the router on VM.

froggy_girl128

Just unplugged modem for a min and it's still the same IP.

espresso

froggy_girl128 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to change your IP address?

thanks

Why do you want to change it? Every IP is traceable!

Red_Rose_Exile

The only real way to change your IP addy would be use a different Network card, or change from or to the USB connection on the cable modem

Even unplugging your modem for over 24 hours isn't always enough to change the Ip address

LuciferTDark

I've had the same IP from Virgin for 2 yrs so far & that's even with turning the modem off every night.

Millionaire

Red_Rose_Exile wrote: »

The only real way to change your IP addy would be use a different Network card, or change from or to the USB connection on the cable modem

Even unplugging your modem for over 24 hours isn't always enough to change the Ip address

It all depends whether your ISP provides you with a dynamic or static IP address.

I know when with BT my IP was dynamic and used to change everytime I switched modem off for a while and back on.

However it seems VM might be Static upto a certain point

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/12/33622474-virgin-media-static-dynamic-ip-address.html#post34416908

fwor

Millionaire wrote: »

It all depends whether your ISP provides you with a dynamic or static IP address.

I believe it's a bit more complex than that, in that when an IP address is dynamically allocated (via DHCP) it will be given a lease, which is effectively how long the client can use it for before it has to request a new one. Your ISP sets the default lease length on their DHCP servers, and it can vary from hours to many days. To further complicate matters, some DHCP servers can be configured to keep a track of the link-level network address (the equivalent of a MAC address on the broadband side of your router) and give it the same IP address when the lease expires. Without knowing how your ISP configures its servers, it's quite hard to deduce which of the above is actually taking place.

superscaper

You could always use an IP proxy if you need to "hide" or "change" your IP address.