How do I change my ip address?

[dys]

I haven't figured out how to do it, been tinkering around for week. Patience isn't my strong suit. Running Windows Vista.

dys

[Book]

I haven't figured out how to do it, been tinkering around for week. Patience isn't my strong suit. Running Windows Vista.

dys


Unplug your modem overnight and your internet service provider will usually assign a new IP Address when you reconnect.

:)

[Ares]

I haven't figured out how to do it, been tinkering around for week. Patience isn't my strong suit. Running Windows Vista.

dys


Unplug your modem overnight and your internet service provider will usually assign a new IP Address when you reconnect.

:)


Most ISP's will issue the same IP address depending on their DHCP pool. Comcast for example does bi-weekly leases in my area. The best way would be to go through a proxy server. You can be from ANYWHERE in the world with a proxy server. Australia, France, Germany, Russia etc. Russia and South Korea have some of the fastest proxy servers, while I've noticed that India, and the mid east proxy servers are slower than molasses. America does have good proxy servers, but I always think of big brother and avoid them.

[JohnQPublic]

... India, and the mid east proxy servers are slower than molasses...


Government intereference to quell dissent (esp. the middle east)?

[Ares]

... India, and the mid east proxy servers are slower than molasses...


Government intereference to quell dissent (esp. the middle east)?


I assumed it was because of bandwidth issues. They've always been slow, since the late 90's when I started proxy hopping.

[Book]

IP addresses change every few days as they are "dynamic".

Prevents the users from running a webserver.

We must pay extra to get a "static" IP address.

[Ares]

IP addresses change every few days as they are "dynamic".

Prevents the users from running a webserver.

We must pay extra to get a "static" IP address.


Correct, but different ISP's do DHCP differently, and again depends on region if you're with a big provider. Comcast in my area does bi-weekly leases, while AT&T does daily. All variables. But to get around hosting a webserver just use NO-IP.COM or dyndns.com as I'm hosting a couple off my connection. :)

[dys]

I haven't figured out how to do it, been tinkering around for week. Patience isn't my strong suit. Running Windows Vista.

dys


Unplug your modem overnight and your internet service provider will usually assign a new IP Address when you reconnect.

:)


Already tried that, didn't work. Tried the proxy server thing, to. Have never been able to find one that will work.

dys

[Ash_Williams]

You can use hotspot shield (if it's still around). It's a vpn rather than a proxy. People not in the US would use it to watch videos only available to US ips. Someone complained to me a couple years ago they got viruses from it though.

A proxy or vpn is the most seamless way to change/hide your ip.

There's web-based ways to do it as well. You used to be able to access content restricted to your ip by putting the page into the google translator and doing english to english, then google's ip would access the page and return to you what it found.

Not sure what you want to change it for so it's hard to say.

If you're unplugging things then make sure it's the modem from the phone jack you unplug, not router from modem or computer from router. If you have a cable modem that probably won't work.

[LuckyStrike]

http://anonymouse.org/anonwww.html

http://www.air-proxy.com:82/

There are other browser addons such as Foxy Proxy which do the trick as well.

Another popular method is TOR which I have always shied away from since it was developed by the Navy. I figure they can't analyse all the traffic which goes across the web, but if they focus on people getting behind proxies they can get juicier material from their point of view. Just my .02.

Some other things you should look into are browser addons that disable tracking cookies, like TACO and Ghostery.

Of course my favorite add on which is not really security related is Ad Block Plus, if you don't have it get it immediately.



So do research into proxies, and become this guy.

http://net.compulenta.ru/upload/iblock/082/proxy.jpg

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

Look up the service "Tor"

Should work for your purposes.

[still afloat]

http://tools.rosinstrument.com/raw_free_db.htm?1
http://www.proxy4free.com/list/webproxy1.html
http://proxify.com/
http://www.checkedproxylists.com/