Is this possible to change an IP address?

kenming
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Is this possible to change an IP address?

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> Is this possible to change an IP address? Yes, but what...

mdk
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> Is this possible to change an IP address?

Yes, but what do you think that a change will accomplish?  What's your real problem? How have you painted yourself into a corner?  🙂

Which Shaw router do you have? Hitron? BlueCurve? older one?

On some routers, you can change its MAC-address to match ("clone") the MAC-address of one of your computers, or to any other value.

Then, restart the router, and your router will send the "new" MAC-address to Shaw, and Shaw's server will send a "new" IP-address to your router.

QED

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I am using the router below: Model:TG3482G Vendor:ARRIS G...

kenming
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I am using the router below:
Model:TG3482G
Vendor:ARRIS Group, Inc.
 
How can I change my IP address step by step? 
 
Thank you
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I read through Touchstone TG3482 Telephony Gateway Users...

mdk
Legendary Grand Master

I read through Touchstone TG3482 Telephony Gateway Users Guide, but did not find the necessary details.

I found a good description for Cisco's devices.

I found a good description for D-Link's devices.

Perhaps, after you read both those documents, you can adapt those "clone my MAC" instructions to your router?

 

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Thank you for your reply. This router gave by Shaw, so I...

kenming
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Thank you for your reply.

This router gave by Shaw, so I don't have permission to change the MAC address,  which means I have fewer permissions than normal products.

So, what can I do?

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Unplugging your modem for a long time or swapping your mo...

rstra
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Unplugging your modem for a long time or swapping your modem may change your ip.

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> So, what can I do? Telephone or online-chat to Shaw, an...

mdk
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> So, what can I do?

Telephone or online-chat to Shaw, and explain to them why you need to change your IP-address.  Hopefully, they will oblige.

> Unplugging your modem for a long time or swapping your modem may change your IP.

After that "long time" (up to 48 hours), I suspect that the modem will send the SAME MAC-address to Shaw's DHCP-server, and the server will return the PREVIOUS IP-address, along with a "new" 48-hour lease.

Swapping your modem definitely will change your MAC-address, and Shaw's DHCP-server will assign a different IP-address.

Or, if you put the modem into "bridge" mode, then the MAC-address of your computer (not your router) will be sent to Shaw's DHCP-server. This "new" MAC-address should return a "new" IP-address. But, "bridge" mode will disable the modem's built-in WiFi, and limit you to using just one "wired" computer in your home.

Or, if you enable "Passthrough" on your modem, to one of the Ethernet ports, and obtain a second IP-address from Shaw, and connect your computer to that Ethernet port, your computer will use that second IP-address. Hopefully, that IP-address is not "banned".

 

 

 

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How can I enable "Passthrough" mode? Thank you

kenming
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How can I enable "Passthrough" mode?

Thank you

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It is confusing having two threads going for the same iss...

rstra
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It is confusing having two threads going for the same issue, pick one and stick with it. Your latest post in the other thread says you can access those sites. If I read it correctly, you already swapped the modem, so your IP has changed, pass through won’t do anything.

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> Passthrough won’t do anything. That is not correct. If...

mdk
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> Passthrough won’t do anything.

That is not correct.

If your account shows that you have a second IP-address, then Shaw routes traffic for two "public" IP-addresses to your cable-modem.

One IP-address is consumed by the "router" functionality inside the cable-modem, to provide "private" IP-addresses to the Ethernet ports and to your WiFi devices, via NAT (Network Address Translation).

Traffic for the second "public" IP-address "passes-through" the cable-modem, unmodified, to a designated Ethernet port.

If @kenming connects their computer to that designated Ethernet port, traffic from the computer, into China, will show the second "public" IP-address, not the "public" IP-address that is consumed by the router.

 

To use Passthrough, confirm with Shaw that your account has been allocated a second IP-address, and then login to the web-interface on your router, and enable Passthrough. Connect your computer to the Ethernet port that you have configured as the target of the "pass-through" mode.

 

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