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zekeisaszekedoes · 23-05-2011, 22:48

Most good routers will allow you to change their WAN side MAC to any valid one, or at least clone from the device you're accessing the web GUI from. Do this then reboot the modem (as was said you do need separate modem for this; combined units won't work) and you should get a new IP address. Then the old one will be released, although I've found if you have a TBB ping test running that IP address is kept, presumably because the ping packets count as traffic and the lease therefore never expires.

23-05-2011, 22:48	#7
zekeisaszekedoes Permanently Banned Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Hampshire, UK Age: 42 Services: 30Mb Broadband (XL), 2TB TiVo (M+), Samsung Galaxy Ace (M), POTS Landline (M). Posts: 823	Re: How to change your ip address Most good routers will allow you to change their WAN side MAC to any valid one, or at least clone from the device you're accessing the web GUI from. Do this then reboot the modem (as was said you do need separate modem for this; combined units won't work) and you should get a new IP address. Then the old one will be released, although I've found if you have a TBB ping test running that IP address is kept, presumably because the ping packets count as traffic and the lease therefore never expires.