Re: Renew IP address

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Alastair MacFarlane wrote:
Dear All,

I realise this question will have been asked a thousand times before but I have not been able to get a definitive answer. As an AOL user my ISP ...


Actually, AOL is not really an ISP; rather, it's an on-line content provider that insulates and isolates it's customers from the real internet. It's not been called "the Internet on training wheels" for nothing. Granted, many people do like to be protected from the outside world, so it may be that AOL meets your needs.


.... provides me with a different IP address when my netgear router logs into their servers.


Yes, that's fairly typical. And if you manually change that IP address, you'll not only lose your connection to AOL, but you'll may also be in violation of your contract with them, which could result in the termination of the service. Ask before trying something that you may end up regretting.


Is there any way that I can programatically, automate the generation of a new IP address. Ideally I would like to add this to a
batch file.


Possibly. It would depend entirely upon the capabilities built into the router by its manufacturer. Since you've carefully kept the specific model of this router a secret, no one here can do the homework for you, so you'll just have to consult that manufacturer yourself.


The only way seems to be switching on and off the router.


Or you could read the manual that came with the router and follow the instructions therein.


ipconfig/flushns
ipconfig/release
ipconfig/renew

... does not work.



Well, actually, they do work. Those commands empty the DNS cache and reset the IP address of your *computer*, just as they should. Why you'd think they could possibly have any affect upon your router, I can't imagine.




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