Yes.

Can you tell me please?

No.

*Twists Carotino's arm up his back*

Tell the lady, NOW.....................

Just put 'how to change/hide your IP address' into google and it will bring up loads of guides including several on youtube.
I've never done it so I can't tell you - sorry.

'Dialog' Irish Princess 

Hello Veggie

Aye, Hi Veggie 

For most people, disconnecting and then reconnecting your modem or router would be sufficient to get a new ip address.


You can check to see if your ip address has changed by visiting www.whatismyip.com before and then after you reconnect your modem.

Sorry I have no idea how to do any of this

Id like to change mine to a fake address abroad

How does Melbourne sound? 

ohhhhhh

Why Bother??? Or are you on the run  

Melbourne is great! My brother lives there! Shall I give you his email address?

Erm, usually it's ISP-assigned.  That is, BT or Virgin or whoever provides the service does it.  How to tell in Windows?  Go to the network connections area, open properties, select Internet Protocol from the list, and selct its properties.  If it says "Obtain an IP address automatically" and you're on a home computer then it's ISP assigned.

You can get a 'static' address but normally you have to pay extra for that because it belongs to your account, you always get it, and it allows you to advertise your computer as a service provider of, say, webpages because people always know what IP address to connect to in order to open the webpages.

Can you change a 'dynamic' or ISP-assigned one after it is assigned?  Probably.  Disconnecting and reconnecting might change it.  Often it is assigned on 'licence' for, say, four hours.  If you have your PC on for long periods of time each day then it will rarely change.  They're assigned, you see, from a pool of IP addresses which is less than the number of people with accounts.  As most people aren't on-line at the same time, it makes more efficient use of the IP address space.

I seem to remember when you were on the old dial up connection,your IP address changed every time you connected to the net?

That's correct - but with broadband you are permanently connected, which is why you normally then have a constant address. I think there are ways of getting over that, something to do with anonymous browsing.

I am with Virgin Broadband. Mine gets changed every now and then by Virgin OR I just reboot my router and I get a new IP assigned. If you are on a cable service then your IP is usually more likely to be fixed


Z.

I don't understand - what would be the point/advantage of doing this?

I have a dynamic IP and it seems to change after every session...but I'm rarely logged in for less than four hours so havent tested what Dan says.

I dont know about changing your IP to another country specifically,but I do know you can use a proxy IP if you dont want your IP to be traced.However,any diligent admin can spot them by running a check via any number of IP checkers.They may or may not be able to find your location from it too.
AOL is the bugbear of admins.Their users share a range of IPs so its virtually impossible to ban one with out banning them all.

Oh thanks Maz. Whats the differance between Dynamic and static IPs

Static IP addresses are just that they are static and do not move. For example if you own a website then that will have a fixed (static) IP address. If you get your internet via a cable TV service it is also likely your IP will be fixed. If you still use dial up, a 3G type dongle or get broadband over your telephone line then you will get a new IP every time you start a 'session'. For telephone braodband your router is likely to stay on the same IP until either you reboot or power cycle it OR your ISP decides to change it.. that is what happens to me some evenings


Z.