Content

• To step
• Method 1 of 2: Your public IP address
• Method 2 of 2: Your private IP address
• Refresh the address
• Change the address
• Tips
• Warnings

This article explains how to change your public and private IP address on a computer with Windows. Your public IP address is the address that your computer shows to other networks. Your private IP address, on the other hand, is the specific address of your computer within your own wireless network. Sometimes changing your public and / or private IP address can solve certain connection problems.

To step

Method 1 of 2: Your public IP address

1. Unplug your router and your modem. Most service providers assign dynamic IP addresses, which change every so often. If your modem has not been plugged in for an extended period of time, chances are that when you plug it in again, you will be assigned a new email address.
   • If you want, you can look up your current IP address before doing this.
   • You can simply unplug your router and your modem.
2. Turn off your computer's WiFi. This prevents the network from reconnecting to the router when you reconnect it. This is how you switch off your WiFi network:
   • click on Wait five minutes. Some service providers will give you a new IP address within five minutes. If that doesn't work, you may have to leave your router unplugged overnight (or for eight hours).
   • Plug your router back into the wall socket. If you have another device (such as a smartphone, game console, or other computer) connected to the Wi-Fi network, the router and the second device will ask for the old IP address.
   • Activate the WiFi on your computer again. If you do this after the other devices have had a chance to reconnect, your computer's public IP address will most likely be changed.
     • If you want, you can check your IP address again to make sure it has indeed changed.
   • Contact your service provider. In some rare cases, your service provider will assign you a static IP address. To change this, you will need to contact your service provider's customer service or technical support directly. You can often only change a static IP address once.
   • Use a proxy server. You will then see a different IP address for your connection; often this is an address that comes from somewhere else in the country where you live or from the world. For a reliable proxy server or VPN service, you often have to pay a monthly fee.

Method 2 of 2: Your private IP address

Refresh the address

1. Open Start Type in the Start menu command line in. This will make your computer look for the command line app.
2. Right-click on Command line click on Run as administrator. This is one of the last options in the drop-down menu.
   • If you are not an administrator on the computer you are working on, you will not have this option and therefore you will not be able to renew the IP address of your computer.
3. click on Yes when asked. This will open the Command line.
4. Type ip settings / release and press ↵ Enter. This command "forgets" your current IP address.
5. Type ip settings / refresh and press ↵ Enter. This is how you refresh your IP address. Doing this alone can often solve some connection problems, but it will not always change your computer's actual IP address.

Change the address

1. Open Settings. Click on Start Choose the category Network & Internet.Check the part Status selected. It's the first tab on the panel on the left.
2. Click on the link "Change connection properties".
3. click on Modify under "Assign IP Address". Scroll down to access this section.
4. Switch to manually assigning an IP address. Click on the drop-down menu from the dialog that opens and choose the "Manual" option.
5. Move Fill in the text boxes. They have the following meanings:
   • IP address - Typically, your device's IP address is "192.168.1.X" (or a similar set of numbers), where "X" is specific to your device. Replace the value "X" with a number between 1 and 100. Make sure you use the same IP address as that of another device that is part of your network (such as your smartphone).
   • Subnet prefix length - This depends on your IP address, but is usually "255.255.255.X".
   • Gateway - This is the IP address of your router.
   • Preferred DNS server - The address of your preferred DNS server (for example: "208.67.222.222" for Open's DNS server, or "8.8.8.8" for Google's server).
   • Alternative DNS server - A second address of your DNS server (for example: "208.67.220.220" for the OpenDNS server, or "8.8.4.4" for the Google server).
6. click on Save. Your new network settings are now saved and applied.

Tips

• For example, you would change your public IP address if you were banned from a game service (such as Steam). You would change your private IP address to fix errors when opening websites, for example.
• If you use a proxy server, your actual IP address will not change, but the IP address that is visible to others will change.
• You can also use an internet browser such as Tor to hide your IP address. However, such browsers can be dangerous, and they are often slower than average.

Warnings

• If you choose an IP address that is already in use when changing your computer's private address, the device that is currently using the address will be disconnected from the network.