Does cox cable internet (regular home/personal, not business) give static or dynamic IP addresses? I tried the method of changing IP addresses by cmd prompt and ipconfig #92;release, then making up a manual IP address in control panel / network connections, then changing it back to automatically assign IP address and restarting - no luck changing IP.I do in fact have a router. whether the IP address is static or dynamic, is the only/best way to do it to leave my modem off all night? does it have to be all night, what about just a few hours?any good ideas out there, before I go through a million steps only to realize that none of them work. thanks!
Generally it's a dynamic IP address, as for a static one, you have to pay for it :) The easiest way to change your IP address is to turn off/turn on your modem, then it will start a new connection to your ISP and it will release to your modem a new free IP address. Because STATISTICS' rules, there is a little chance the ISP will give your modem the same IP address, but this risk is very low, and it depends just on your luck :)
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You have a dynamic ip address. The way a dynamic address works, is that you get an ip address, and a lease on that ip address. The lease time is usually 7 days or more. So turning your modem off for a minute, an hour, or a day, will not change your ip address, because that ip has already been designated as yours for the whole week. The easiest way to change your ip address, the way I change mine with Comcast, is by changing the mac address on your router. Just log into your router, find the mac address, and change it by one number (change a 1 to a 2, or a 7 to a 3, etc.) Once the mac address is changed, Cox will think a new device has connected to the modem, and since all devices need to have their own ip address, Cox will issue you a new one. You MUST power off the cable modem and router after changing the mac address, and then power on the modem first, then the router. I do this monthly with my Comcast connection.
