Changing my IP on a wired internet

[DukeSinbad]

I did browse around trying to find an answer to my issue, but to no avail. I have a wired home network. Ipconfig does show the 192.168.x.x stuff, but the site itself shows a different ip. ipconfig/all shows that my lease renews every 24 hours. There are two questions that I have though.
I'm fairly well aware the that the default strategy listed won't have an effect as I'm not on the computer that the router is directly linked to, etc.

Could resetting the modem have any effect on the network setup we have on our home network?

Could using a proxy in firefox also shield my ip over connections outside of firefox like games, etc but I'm guessing the resetting deal would probably be preferable to not create latency.

My ISP is Verizon Fios, with a company provided modem that has both hardwiring and wireless connectability.

[wimiadmin]

Unplugging the router will possibly give you a new IP while saving your network config.

Yes...using a proxy in FireFox like FoxyProxy will help mask your IP, but slow you down a bit while surfing.

[DukeSinbad]

There is actually a reset button that I can stick a paperclip in as mentioned before. I was just worried about it causing problems with the whole config. Gonna go give that a try and see what happens. Thanks for the quick response

[wimiadmin]

The reset button will probably take the modem/router back to factory defaults and erase whatever config you have in place.

Unplugging it first and trying to get a new IP that way, would be better. Then if that fails, save your config, then reset the modem, then upload your config to put your settings back.

[DukeSinbad]

Neither way worked. Tried setting up FoxyProxy now and am not sure if I'm doing something wrong. Is there a simpler way than this or could you maybe point me in the right direction please?

[wimiadmin]

"Neither way worked..." Yeah in some cases, it's harder to change an IP than simply rebooting/resetting equipment.

As far as FoxyProxy goes, I just followed the video on their homepage and it worked for me.

Now that it's set up, I just hit the little icon in the lower right corner of FireFox and enable it and choose the proxy and it's done.

[johndoe_I_am]

Here is the quick and dirty about home networks.

1. The 192.168.x.x is an internal network address only (not routable by the Internet). You can view your external address by visiting this site. The router is the dividing point and does the conversion from internal to external IP addresses - through a technology called NAT or PAT. This configuration also works as a firewall by default but you can forward ports if you need a specific service you need to allow through.

2. The DHCP server on home networks typically resides on a router (wireless or wired... ie linksys, netgear, belkin). On most DHCP servers you can go in and setup static leases but it is preferable to setup a static address on the host itself (outside of the DHCP range).

3. A host will always take the first available address in the DHCP pool - so if you your pool is 192.168.1.100-200 the first computer turned on will always take 192.168.1.100. Even if you turn off the other computer the DHCP server will hold the lease until it expires.

4. A computer will typically try to renew the lease on a "half-life" basis. ie. it will try and renew at 24hrs/12hr/6hrs/3hrs...... until it renews or expires.

5. The easiest way to get a new address is to set it statically in the OS. If the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 you can change the last number of the ip to anything between 1-254 (your router/default gateway is probably using .1 though).

6. Good luck - if this doesn't solve your problem it should give you enough background to google the answer.

Ryan

[wimiadmin]

Thanks for the post Ryan!