What is an IP address lease time?
An IP lease time is the amount of time your ISP determines you’ll be assigned a particular IP. Some IP lease times could be just a couple of hours, where some are set to a few days, and other IP lease times could be set for as long as a year or more. This setting is completely up to your ISP. One of the easier methods to change your IP address is to turn off your modem/router/computer overnight. Then turn it back on the following morning. This method WILL NOT work if your ISP has a long lease time set for your IP. The following method will ONLY work if your computer is being assigned your external IP and not a router. How to determine if your computer is being assigned the external IP If your connection is direct to your computer and your computer gets the public IP and not a router, you can try this: For Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 1. Click Start 2. Click Run 3. Type in cmd and hit ok (this opens a Command Prompt) 4. Type ipconfig /release and hit enter 5. Click Start, Control Panel, a
