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That only handles local network IP's.



^^^ Those ^^^

The one we are talking about is an IP that your modem reaches out to your ISP for every 24 hours typically (depending on if youre dynamic or static.)


To explain it easier, all of the devices I have listed above me are all seen as "10.0.0.1" on the good old World Wide Web, despite there being many devices. This is because 10.0.0.1 was given to me by my ISP, with which my modem keeps for up to 24 hours or whatever it is set to do.

Typing ipconfig /release just hits your modem/router/whatever is handling DHCP and tells it "Hey, Justin said to drop the local IP!" so you no longer are known to your internal network as 192.168.0.1. When you type ipconfig /renew you might get 192.168.0.1, or 0.2, or whatever is next in line and is not in use.



Please let me know if I said something wrong, as I myself am still learning.

Correct :p However if you want you can either unplug your modem for anywhere between 2-24 hours (depends on when lease is up and how long it takes for your ISP to consider your signal lost) and when you plug it back in you will be randomly assigned a new IP (highly unlikely you would get your old one, but is possible.) You can also do this from most modem advanced settings pages. Different modems obviously have different layouts but what you would most likely be looking for is network settings/advanced network settings and DHCP release. Then renew it. Again though you will need to wait a little while though or else it will just throw back the same IP. Most people chose to do this over night. Also, some routers will auto renew DHCP after you release it if it has an active connection.