An IP address is a unique number, usually indicated by the number written in dots. It stands for Internet Protocol address and it’s used to identify your device within the network. There are different kinds of IPs which you can get: Public or Private. The public ones can be found on any website that offers free IP addresses (just google it) while the private ones are assigned to your router by default when you buy a broadband connection from an ISP. In order to use a private one, there are many ways through which you can change them – some of them being more complicated than others. If you don’t know how to do it on your own, this guide will help you out.
For changing your IP Address in Firefox, follow the steps below:
- Open Mozilla Firefox
- Click on Tools
- Click on Options
- Navigate to Advanced Category and select the Connection Settings option in the Network tab. *It will open a new window showing you several options related to internet connection settings
- Under the Connection section, choose the ‘Manual proxy configuration’ option by clicking on its radio button if it is not already selected
- In the HTTP Proxy row under the same options box, type 127.0.0.1 into the field that is labelled as ‘SOCKS Host’.
- Type 1080 into both port fields where you see SOCKS Hostname.
- Click OK to validate input.
- Restart the browser.
For changing your IP Address in Google Chrome, follow the steps below:
- Open Google Chrome
- Click on menu present at top right corner of the browser
- Scroll down and click the Settings option
- Under ‘On startup’ section, uncheck ‘Open a specific page or set of pages. It will open a new window showing you several options related to internet connection settings.
- Under ‘Change proxy settings’, choose ‘Manual proxy configuration’ option by clicking on its radio button if it is not already selected .
- In this box this contains two sections HTTP Proxy and SSL Proxy.
- In HTTP Proxy section, type 127.0.0.1 into the field that is labeled as ‘SOCKS Host’.
- Type 1080 into both port field where you see SOCKS Host name .
- Click OK to validate input.
– Under the SSL Proxy section, choose the same options like previous steps and move forward.
– Restart the browser. Also read: How to change proxy settings in Google Chrome? If you want to change your IP address on all browsers at once or if you are using Windows 8 or above then follow these instructions below: – Open Notepad (Start Menu > Search > type Notepad).
– Copy/Type this following code inside notepad: netsh interface IP set address “Wi-Fi” static 10.1.1.4 255.255.255.0 10.1.1.5
– Save the file with .bat extension (eg: IPChange_10_1_1_4_and_10_1_1__5).bat on your desktop or in any other place that you are comfortable using for this purpose..
– Double click the .bat file that you have saved to run it on your Windows Machine and restart the browser after it’s done changing your IP addresses on all browsers – Apply changes by restarting the computer again if prompted Now you will be able to access sites blocked by your ISP/Government without getting caught! Safe
How to change IP address with a VPN?
If you don’t want to change your IP address manually, there are several paid services available online which can provide you with an IP of any country; For example VyprVPN. It’s not only a decent VPN service in the market but also very simple to use – all you need is to pay a fee and get access to their network. Once installed, it will automatically hide your original IP address and replace it with anyone that will make it look like if you are browsing from another location. If you are looking for OS-specific iOS or the best android VPN, you can find those by Googling VPN reviews. There are VPNs suitable even for Linux. With OpenVPN, you can add VPN to nearly all operating systems.
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