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it depends on your setup.
Are you using a router?
Is your ip wan ip static or dynamic?
if it is dynamic... and you are directly connected... and using a m$ based OS...
ipconfig /release all
ipconfig /renew all
if you are using a router, you will have to login the router and release / renew it there.
if you have a static ip address... then no, you have to contact your ISP to get a new ip address.
Thanx I did'nt even know it was possible to change your IP. But this is a question that goes along with the whole IP thing.
Is it possible to scan someones IP?
If so how?
Why would anyone want to scan your IP?
THanx......B-Wolf
1.yes...Quote:
Is it possible to scan someones IP?
If so how?
Why would anyone want to scan your IP?
2.use a port scanner like nmap or blues or many of the hundreds out there.
3.to find open ports either to help secure your box... or to try to break your box. they basically scan for services running on your ports then find vulns and exploit them to gain access to your PC.
search the newbie security forum... there is quite a bit about it on this site already.
I find on my broadband subscription, you can perform an IP renewal all day and still get the same IP each time. They are mostly static.
I have dsl and its PPPoE dynamic ip and dnsQuote:
I find on my broadband subscription, you can perform an IP renewal all day and still get the same IP each time. They are mostly static.
almost everyone I know with cable is static.
TO: phishphreek80
HOw do you know if you are running a static or dynamic or wan? And are there wayz of stopping people from scanning your IP?
THanx......B-Wolf
you know if you are static if you always have the same ip address.Quote:
Originally posted here by blue_wolf
TO: phishphreek80
HOw do you know if you are running a static or dynamic or wan? And are there wayz of stopping people from scanning your IP?
THanx......B-Wolf
you know you are dynamic if you reboot your modem/router and get a new ip address.
(NOTE: there are many different scenarios that this can be false... but generally in a broadband scenario it is true)
wan = wide area network
lan = local area network
on a router, there are two ips normally (but can be more) wan (internet) and lan (private network)
the wan ip is the ip that people see when you connect to a website or any other service
lan is the ips that you assign on your local area network
you can't stop people from scanning you unless you just don't turn on your computer or don't connect to the internet.
the best thing you can do is to secure your computers/network
Many ISPs use a pretty long DHCP lease time. That is why you can release/renew your IP all day long and still have the same IP adress. You need to have your IP released for a period of time longer than the DHCP lease time to get a new IP.
Thanx phishphreek80 man ur really good at this stuff...And not to mention you have a really cool computer...I hope someday I can be as good at u with the whole security stuff.
Goodbye AO....My bedtime..