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In response to "if you're getting an ip address through dhcp, can you use some ipconfig switch (or some other method) to get a different address? -- nm" by prayformojo

You do "ipconfig /release" and "ipconfig /renew" to try to get a new one but the DHCP server may give you the same one

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Apr 7 '10, 06:13

You can also ping other addresses in the same range as you (like +1, or -5 from your current address), see what might be open right now, and statically assign it to yourself along with the other settings assigned by DHCP. That will work as long as DHCP doesn't assign that IP to another device or another device doesn't boot up with that IP cached.

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i had tried release/renew but just got the same one. your IM is a great idea, thx -- nm - prayformojo Apr 7, 06:14 1
- Unrelated. I keep getting flustered by the firewall restrictions at our library when I forget to bring my laptop. They don't allow - oblique Apr 7, 06:17

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You do "ipconfig /release" and "ipconfig /renew" to try to get a new one but the DHCP server may give you the same one

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