Vista - IP address change?

I thought my IP address changed on every boot, I have a router/modem and thought it kept changing.

Is there a way to change the IP address?
when I log into gmail it shows the last 5days of logging in--all the same IP address.

Here's a link to a Vista help on the subject: Change TCP/IP settings - Windows Vista Help.

Cheers,

thank you very much Ron,

I think mine stayed staic due to attached pic.
I changed it to auto

My computer's IP address changes if I reboot my wired cable modem.

+1

I think your IP is Dynamic but it will only change when you reset or reboot your router and/or cable modem.

thanks

Glad this helped out a bit. Happy computing!

Cheers,

usually providers will issue you a time slot for your IP address. It wont change everytime you turn it off and on it goes by its time slot. To change it you could run ipconfig /release and then ipconfig /renew from the command prompt. some versions of vista are known to have some issues with that command though give it a whirl and see what happens

I still have the same IP address...
nothing to hide but...

Good call pacinitaly... if you're not worried about "getting caught" for anything, you should be good.

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