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Im getting harassed off someone in america rather than ring ntl and wait for 45 minutes for them to say no, is it possible for me to change my ip address.

power off the modem for 5 minutes or so doesnt do it?

Simply powering off the modem/STB for a short while won't guarantee a new IP addy. Turn back on and if t hasn't been released to another client, you get the old one back. This is especially true when the servers ususally create "leases" of IP addys of a few day's duration.

Easiest way is to change the MAC address of the ethernet port that the modem is connected to.

See while i was waiting i rang ntl and they said there was no way i could change my ip, i was put through to an indian call centre, it is really annoying when you are put through to there, they cant quite understand you and visa versa i hate it when im put through to them.

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Originally Posted by deathball

Ah, that old chestnut. The last thread I started on the Indian call centre ran to some thing like 12 pages!

I am so sick of the indian call centres, they really don't know what they are going on about, i think they are all running on scripts or something.

OK, lets stick to the IP addy change issue here and leave call centres to other threads ;)

If its really that bad, pick up a new Network Card for a couple of quid and plug the modem into that instead and you should instantly get a new IP after a reboot of everything.

i dont have the money or the modem :) i connect through a STB

install via usb will change your ip. or plugging into another computer.

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Originally Posted by Rob C

Simply powering off the modem/STB for a short while won't guarantee a new IP addy.

This is true. I switch the modem off every time i switch the computer off and have had the same IP addy for the last 12 months.

What kind of harrassment?

A firewall should block most activity...

Without questioning why exactly you want to change your IP address, it's fairly easy to do with most NTL stand-alone cable modems.

1. Open a command prompt by going to 'Run' and typing 'cmd' - press Enter.
2. In the new window, type: ipconfig /release ... and then press Enter.
3. Go to the Control Panel, and then onto 'Network and Internet Connections'. Then click 'Network Connections'.
4. Right click on your broadband connection, and go to 'Properties'.
5. In the new Properties window, scroll down to 'Internet Protocol TCP/IP', and click on it, and then click 'Properties'.
6. Click 'Use the following IP address' and enter something like 1921681111, and then press 'Tab' to go down to 'Subnet mask' (and it'll automatically fill it in with '255.255.255.0' for you.
7. Press 'OK'.
8. When back to the Properties window, select 'Internet Protocol TCP/IP' again and click 'Properties'.
9. Select 'Obtain an IP address automatically' and 'Obtain DNS server address automatically'.
10. Click OK, then OK in the Properties window.

Don't think that will work, changing local ip addresses doesn't do jack for when the modem gets its address.

If you can't change how you connect to your computer, change the ip address of your nic. You might want to elaborate how you think this will stop x from contacting you.