NOTE: If you still cannot change your IP address, let me know. This is most often found within a routers Wireless or Wireless Security. Turn on the router, wait till it boots up and check your IP address. Search through your routers settings until you locate the tab or setting MAC Filtering.Wait for 2 minutes and turn on the Comcast modem (yes, I know 20 seconds is usually enough, but 100 seconds more will not hurt.).In some cases, you'll have to reset the Comcast modem using a paper clip or tip of pen if a regular power cycle doesn't work. Change the last digit of the MAC address.Navigate to the MAC address section and to the WAN MAC address.If you mess up your modem or router, do at your own risk. Here’s how do do it, and why you might want to. The real solution to this is to change the MAC address of your WAN device in your router configuration:ĭISCLAIMER: The solution involves changing your MAC address. A device’s MAC address is assigned by the manufacturer, but it’s not to hard to changeor spoofthose addresses when you need to. Comcast insists that your IP is changed, but a quick check of my IP address shows that my IP is still the same. Unfortunately, this doesn't work most of the time when you're behind a router (Linksys WRT-54G in my case). Turn on the Comcast modem, wait for a minute and then turn on the router.Wait for 20 seconds (or upto 2 minutes).Turn off your router and Comcast modem.If you use Comcast Cable Internet service, you've probably noticed that the IP address hasn't changed for over a year and even though Comcast service tech support says your IP is dynamic, it's really pretty much static (saving you the $7.99 static IP fee).įor some reason, if you need to change your external IP address, Comcast support will tell you to do a power cycle which is basically:
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