How to aquire a new IP address in Windows

• Step 1: Open the command prompt window. Do this by clicking the "Start" button, and then selecting "Run." In the window that appears, type "cmd" into the text box and click the "OK" button.

• Step 2 : Release the computer's current IP address. To do this, type "ipconfig /release" into the command prompt window and press Enter

• Step 3: Acquire a new IP address. Do this by typing "ipconfig /renew" into the command prompt window and pressing Enter. This should assign the computer a new IP address, which will be different from the previous address.

• Step 4: Check to make sure your IP address has changed. To do this, you can log on to a number of different websites that tell you your IP address.