Change your IP address in less than 1 minute.

• Click on "Start" in the bottom left corner of the screen.
• Click on "RUN"
• Type in "command" and click OK

      You should be now at MSDOS prompt Screen

• Type "ipconfig /release" just like that, and hit "enter"
• Type "exit" and leave the prompt
• Right-click on "Network Places" or "My Network Places" on your desktop.
• Click on "properties"

     Now you should  be on a screen with something titled "Local Area Connection", or something      close to that, and, if you have a network hooked up, all of your other networks.

•  Right click on "Local Area Connection" and click "properties"
• Double-click on the "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" from the list under the "General" tab
• Click on "Use the following IP address" under the "General" tab
• Create an IP address (It doesn't matter what it is)
• Press "Tab" and it should automatically fill in the "Subnet Mask" section with default numbers.
• Hit the "Ok" button here
•  Hit the "Ok" button again

    Now you should be back to the "Local Area Connection" screen.

• Right-click back on "Local Area Connection" and go to properties again.
• Go back to the "TCP/IP" settings
• This time, select "Obtain an IP address automatically"
• Click on "Ok"
• Hit "Ok" again.
• Now you have a New IP address.

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