#Change mac address of my router for free#
#Change mac address of my router manual#

You'd actually probably be better off just attaching your own wireless-n access pointbehind your old VZ router which can handle the sub 100mb speed (wired) with no issues.

#Change mac address of my router for free#

The first pargaraph is correct - the old router will nit support WIRELSS 75/35, instead it will back you down to wireless g - max 54.Р”Р„s they give you the router for free why not just take the new rev i wirless-n router which also is pretty crumby. Yea! By that time I had fixed it myself or the DHCP lease had wrote:Р”Вoes anyone know if the Actiontec routers (grey front band and orange front band) are different? Can the grey front band support 75/35? Last time I went in circles and they wanted to escalate me to tier two support. Or contact tech support and let them know you made router changes and need a new IP, release and renew, because you are not getting an IP. So if you have not released you IP, you may have to turn off your router and wait for the lease to expire, them turn it back on. IF you have made changes, and cannot get on the Internet, tech support may wish for you to reset your router which will cause your efforts to be fruitless. I have read of people turning off the router over night if for some reason they were to end up with a blacklisted IP or something. With the lease time it varies, and you could end up with the same IP even if you do that. Then with the router disconnected from the WAN, you can log in and make changes. Before changing anything on the router in regards to mac address, or even changing routers, you must go into the WAN setup and perform a Release in the IP lease, then pull the WAN cable or turn of the router so it is not given a new IP by chance. But if you are now DHCP, it is a bit more complicated. If you were previously on PPPoE it may have been much easier to get a new IP. Does anyone know if the Actiontec routers (grey front band and orange front band) are different? Can the grey front band support 75/35? Is there something I am missing with this new router? What step(s) should I take to complete my previously perfect process with this new router? I state all of this to ask two questions: Even if I finish the procedure, the light stays amber. When I change the MAC address, the internet light (the one next to the globe) goes from green to amber.

#Change mac address of my router manual#

However, I can no longer perform the manual steps to change my IP address. Now that I write this, that statement may have been a sales upselling ploy but whatever. However, because we have a higher internet package (75/35), the technician advised that the current router (the one with the grey band) cannot handle the speed throughput and we should consider upgrading to the new version (ActionTec with the orange band around the front). We now have Verizon FiOS in the area (thank gawd!). This worked fine and I was able to continue manually changing the IP address via the MAC address as if we were still back in PA.Р”Р‡ast forward to present day. However, because we bought the previous router from Verizon, we elected to keep the router and use it with our new provider.

We moved to the New York Metro area andР’В had no choice but to use the local provider in this area (urgh!!). Normally, one would have to disconnect the power from the router until the DNS lease expired (which could be anywhere from 8-12 hours or more).

Reconnect the power again and allow the router to power cycleР”Р„fter this sequence of steps, which normally takes no more than a couple of minutes, I would have a new public IP address. Disconnect the power from the router for another 30 seconds Reconnect the power and allow the router to power cycle Disconnect the power from the router for 30 seconds Change and apply the changes to the last two characters of the MAC Address (00, 01, 02, etc.) Click Advanced and confirm warning message Log into the web interface of the router (192.168.*.*) I would accomplish this by following these steps: To this end, I found a way to manually change the public IP address of our home network by simply changing/cloning the MAC address. I am completely paranoid (rightly so) when it comes to my internet. We elected to buy the router provided through Verizon (Actiontec with grey band around the front). WeР’В previously had FiOS in the Philadelphia Metro area.