Getting a new IP address?

Originally Posted by Jelly

I've tried to do it a few times, and I'm able to get a new IP. However, when I reconnect the router, I can't access the internet. If I reset the modem, the Internet will work again, but my old IP has returned.

If your UBR is heavily subscribed and the are only very few spare IPs available then sometimes even if you try all the normal tricks of leaving off your modem or router overnight, then all that happens is that once your MAC address is broadcast onto the servers and it goes through the DORA process which reads the MAC address and finds the previous IP is still available then you will be re allocated the same IP.

Can you access your router's configuration page?
That's how I did it. I changed the last two characters of the MAC address, rebooted router then modem (STB) and voila.

[Jelly]

I just did that, and success!

However, newsgroups and torrents seem to be pretty unresponsive; I get no seeds on torrents, and the newsgroup server just refuses to connect.

Edite: Scratch that, the news server couldn't find the files, but downloading some freshly uploaded ones as I speak. Speeds are what I'd expect. I'll check the torrents after newsgroup transfer has finished.

[eth01]

Originally Posted by Jelly

I've tried to do it a few times, and I'm able to get a new IP. However, when I reconnect the router, I can't access the internet. If I reset the modem, the Internet will work again, but my old IP has returned.

the ubr can't cope with the changes. you don't need to do it a "few times", isn't once enough?

As he kept getting the same IP back, it obviously thought it wasn't enough so kept trying? In any case, he's sorted now so I don't see the point in being nouty with him to be honest.

[eth01]

Originally Posted by Jelly

I've tried to do it a few times, and I'm able to get a new IP. However, when I reconnect the router, I can't access the internet. If I reset the modem, the Internet will work again, but my old IP has returned.

you need to change your routers MAC, then it'll work. although, not everybody is able to do this, so just leave it unplugged for 24 hours.

---------- Post added at 09:58 ---------- Previous post was at 09:57 ----------

Originally Posted by kryogenik

As he kept getting the same IP back, it obviously thought it wasn't enough so kept trying? In any case, he's sorted now so I don't see the point in being nouty with him to be honest.

nobody is being "nouty", and let's not turn this into something which it isn't please....

[Jelly]

Torrents are working at full speed again, turns out I had limited the download speed while STM'd and forgotten to remove it.

[eth01]

Originally Posted by Jelly

Torrents are working at full speed again, turns out I had limited the download speed while STM'd and forgotten to remove it.

thought it might have been something simple