Posted by GTJDorris at 64-243-10-5.biltmorecomm.com on March 08, 2004 at 16:12:26:
In Reply to: changing an IP address posted by mrj514 on March 08, 2004 at 15:53:10:
And it depends sorely on your system and ISP and how your network is configured. I for instance have a new one assigned every time I boot my computer. Its within a range but "randomly" assigned to me. Others have static IP's their providers issue them.
Sometimes you can run winipconfig from your command line (or just ipconfig depending on your version of Windows (just a guess)) and release your IP and get a new one. If you permanently want a vastly different one, you need to contact your ISP and find out how your account is strucuted, what options you have with them, etc. That's essentially what you're stuck with doing. If you just want to use a proxy to mask your IP while you're surfing, then just Yahoo on "proxy servers" and they'll explain everything better than I could.