whats the best way to do this, just turn off the modem? anyone know how long it should take?

3/29/2006 10:08:15 PM

just reset the modem takes like 30 seconds

3/29/2006 10:12:47 PM

sometimes it can take longer for their cache to reset and not give you the same ip - if you can be offline - do it overnight

3/29/2006 10:16:28 PM

Which message board did you get banned from?


You're better off using a proxy.

3/29/2006 10:28:39 PM

i tried to get on my favorite server and it said my ip was blocked
no idea why though, maybe they just dont like stuff like this:

mods name was ewe dont know jack, so i made my name eye know jack



[Edited on March 29, 2006 at 10:55 PM. Reason : why am i so good at this game]

3/29/2006 10:31:08 PM

change your NIC card.

That will do it

3/29/2006 11:06:48 PM

really?

and im not going to do that cause i dont have another card

3/29/2006 11:10:21 PM

yes

and you asked so I told you

3/29/2006 11:26:33 PM

and what game is that?

3/29/2006 11:28:51 PM

soldier of fortune II: double helix

real old game

3/29/2006 11:59:13 PM

so is there not a way to make the modem release and renew? ive got roommates so i cant just turn it off all night

3/30/2006 12:01:14 AM

not unless you leave it off for quite a bit.

just swap nic cards

3/30/2006 12:22:45 AM

YOMAMA: not arguing, just wondering why changing a NIC will cause the egress link to get a new IP address?

Oh and Jon... you should be spending all your extra time working on our project, not playing games! :-)

3/30/2006 12:30:35 AM

ok: I didnt want to try and explain but I will.

They only reason I mentioned it was because 1 week ago I was messin around with 3 different boxes that would connect to the RR modem first. I was trying to create a dedicated firewall box. Each of the three machines I connected to the modem got a seperate IP address. I stared to notice this because I rely on that IP for other things so I took notice to that right off the bat.

So just to check I kept powering down the modem and powered it back up and each machine always got the same IP address when I switched them.

Not to mention I just didiit again for giggles and it worked again.

Beats me why it works but it does. A long shot but it might have something to do with the MAC address. Thats a guess though. Im sure some of TWW regulars will flame me for that but ohh well.

/my2cents

3/30/2006 12:36:52 AM

i thought everyone through that modem would have the same ip address

3/30/2006 12:40:29 AM

ok -> are you hooking up a router first to the modem?

3/30/2006 12:43:42 AM

change mac address of the router? (if it has the capability)

3/30/2006 12:48:28 AM

dont think that works

3/30/2006 12:51:10 AM

modem-> router -> switch -> computer

3/30/2006 12:53:41 AM

then try and fake the MAC addy

3/30/2006 12:54:36 AM

i have no idea how to do that

3/30/2006 12:55:19 AM

login to your router and change it.

Each one is different but it is under basic settings in mine.

I have a netgear

3/30/2006 1:00:01 AM

yeah i dont want to fuck anything up

3/30/2006 1:02:55 AM

so i turned if off for 2 hours with no change

3/30/2006 1:59:29 PM

told you

what do you have a Netgear or Linksys

3/30/2006 3:10:13 PM

Most routers will either have their own MAC or can spoof one of the machines you are attached to, just flop the setting from whatever it is now.

3/30/2006 3:25:17 PM

D-Link router (Dl-514)
Motorolla Modem (SB4200)
and then some lynksys switch

3/30/2006 3:40:21 PM

Open your router to this screen and change your MAC address to the one your PC has.

Then save and power off and on your modem and router.

3/30/2006 4:14:08 PM

yeah i should have posted, thats what i did just cloned mac addy

3/30/2006 5:34:25 PM

I change the MAC on my router every time i reset it so I don't have the same IP's all the time

3/30/2006 7:55:02 PM

how would i change it again from the same machine? to clone my mac i just clicked the clone button

3/30/2006 8:03:01 PM