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And new IP has me located outside of my hometown area and my speeds are a bit slower. I have the 35/35 pkg and I always tested at 43/37. I now test much closer to the pkg speed. Why the change and can I force a new IP?
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Yep, releasing the IP and then immediately turning off router for at least 15 mins changed IP address! Speed issue still remains but at least I know how to change the IP without depending on Verizon to do it. Thank you!
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type: 192.168.1.1 into Browser
login to the router Network- Network connections
My Network - Network Connections - BroadBand connection - Edit
Settings - On the DHCP Lease entry - Release - Renew (wait about 15 seconds or so
Status should say connected) on the Status entry
If you run into any issues turn the router off wait 15 second and turn it back on. Hope this helps!
I just did this on mine and got my best speeds so far 5.4 Mb/s up 1.8 Mb/s Down - NICE
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Well, thanks, but no change. I'm calling them to change my IP if possible.
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when you release your ip, immediately turn off your router for about 5+ minutes. If you turn it back on too fast then it will just grab the same ip, as it hasn't had any time to get cycled to another user. 5 minutes is about enough time for it to get grabbed by someone else, that way when you go back to get a new one, it's already in use and you can get a new one,.
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Yep, releasing the IP and then immediately turning off router for at least 15 mins changed IP address! Speed issue still remains but at least I know how to change the IP without depending on Verizon to do it. Thank you!
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Your router requests a new IP every 24 hours. Normally, you get the same one back each time. But, like the lottery, there is a small chance of 'winning' a different IP.
Of course, it is also possible that VZ could rearrange their IP addresses and your new IP could look a lot different. But that has nothing (directly) to do with speed.
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Changing my IP used to make a difference with my speed when I had Verizon DSL. However, this is not the case now. My speed has definitely deteriorated since they changed my initial IP address which was with me for 2 years. Maybe its Verizon's way of saying: "Want more speed? Upgrade to our new pkgs!"
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@bonibee wrote:Changing my IP used to make a difference with my speed when I had Verizon DSL. However, this is not the case now. My speed has definitely deteriorated since they changed my initial IP address which was with me for 2 years. Maybe its Verizon's way of saying: "Want more speed? Upgrade to our new pkgs!"
Have you checked to see if routing is any different? Different IPs can take different routes, some IPs have been abused and also gear upgrades might have taken place if you're getting entirely different blocks of IPs or are seeing them change without warning overnight.
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Correct about the different IP's and the routes. I kept changing the IP's, checking the approx. location, and I am pretty much back to the speed I was at with my original old IP, just a tad slower in the upload. By the way, my original IP started at 108 and I am now in 71. I had several others in between and the speeds were awful. I almost gave up trying. Thank you.
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Speed really shouldn't be effected by such minor IP address changes. ITs different if you end up with an IP that some site, or sites have chosen to block.