Changing Your IP address using Command prompt
Posted On Thursday, July 31, 2008 at at 2:40 AM by Ashish kumar
Changing Your IP address using Command prompt... ______________________________________________________________________ Note:- This only changes your dynamic IP address, not your ISP/IP address.
Steps:
1. Click on "Start" in the bottom left hand corner of screen
2. Click on "Run"
3. Type in COMMAND and hit OK!
Now a big black box should pop up.
4. Type "ipconfig /release", then press Enter.
5. Push the X in the corner of the big black box. ( That means CLOSE IT )
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".
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 "Ok" button here
14. Hit the "Ok" 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 Ok
19. Hit Ok again
20. Your IP Adress should have been changed.