Change my ip?

[hanker]

I was just wondering if any of you know how I can change my Cable internet IP address.

 

[Duke]

I doubt you can. That is assigned to your modem by your ISP , and is static. You'd probably have to call them and see if you can get it changed on their end.

What happened, get banned somewhere and want to get around it?

 

[hanker]

you got it, im banned from a who.e bunch of Unreal Tournament servers, and want to get unbanned, looks like id probably have to phone my intenet compony heh??

 

[Jordan]

The trick is to not get your IP banned in the first place...

 

[hanker]

yea, i realize that now, its a lot easier to gte banned than unbanned, but now i have to suck up to all the admins and it seems to be working, anywasys thanks

 

[GilesGuthrie]

No, you can't change it. Also, neon_duke is not necessarily right when he says it's static. Static public IP addresses are rare and expensive, so it's not likely that you've got one on a domestic cable service, unless you're paying for it.

Cable internet addresses, like dial-up ones, tend to be assigned upon connection. This address is obtained from the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server when the device connected to the cable modem connects. Each DHCP lease has a specific length of time attached to it, which is usually in the 24-48hr range. Once the lease expires, if the computer is still connected to the cable modem, another lease is sought, and this will usually be the same address, because DHCP servers and clients develop an 'affinity'.

Obviously, Jordan is right, in that you should try not to get your IP address banned!

Oh, and this is a computing question, so I'm going to wing it across to the Computers & Electronics forum.

 

[Flerbizky]

Originally posted by Jordan
The trick is to not get your IP banned in the first place...

The trick is not to cheat and use foul language and aimbots

 

[hanker]

Cheat no, Aimbots, no, but a bit a foul language sometimes , is a good thing.

 

[rjensen11]

I doubt it is only your IP, it would be your WANID or whatever it is... Maybe that's just half life...

 

[dP|XbioHazard]

LOL u got banned from Ut servers as well?? which ones? I just recently got banned from Rockemhard servers. I was swerein and so much stuff but others pissed me of in first place. Yo whats ur ut name. Mine is dP|Xbio*H*a*Z*a*R*d. Anyways i have the same question how do change ur ip without asking ur ISP to change it? and i wanna get a non-complicated answer. I gotta get unbanned from all dis servers lol. Greatly apreciated. o btw my isp is telus.net.

 

[km]

so let me get this hanker asks how he can get his ip changed for the very same reason dP|XbioHazard did and hanker gets the his answer and dP|XbioHazard get banned i know he said some bad stuff to the mod but wtf

 

[risingson77]

Originally posted by hanker
you got it, im banned from a who.e bunch of Unreal Tournament servers, and want to get unbanned, looks like id probably have to phone my intenet compony heh??

Stop cheating then.

As for the IP...you could just move.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Originally posted by km
so let me get this hanker asks how he can get his ip changed for the very same reason dP|XbioHazard did and hanker gets the his answer and dP|XbioHazard get banned i know he said some bad stuff to the mod but wtf

Because hanker actually contributes something to this forum. dP|XbioHazard registered specifically to ask how to get himself out of a sticky situation somewhere else. He contributed nothing. When a moderator commented on this, he unleashed a volley of abuse, which is simply not tolerable, whether it is aimed at a moderator or not.

It wasn't tough to work out that dP|XbioHazard had nothing to add to GTP. Destructive influences are not welcome.