How to Change IP Address on Windows

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. This is the option in the bottom left corner of the screen. If you want to change the IP address to fix connection problems, refreshing the address is easier than changing it manually.

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Command Prompt. You will see this option displayed at the top of the Start window.

• If you are not an administrator on the current computer, you will not have this option and will not be able to refresh the computer’s IP address.

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and select Settings

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with gear icon.

• IP address – Usually the device’s IP address will be “192.168.1.X” (or similar number), with “X” being the device’s unique number. Replace the “X” value with a number between 1 and 100. Make sure you don’t use the same IP address as the address of another device on the network (such as your phone).
• Subnet prefix length – This depends on your IP address, but is usually “255.255.255.X”.
• Gateway – This is the router’s IP address.
• Preferred DNS – The DNS address you want (for example, “208.67.222.222” for the OpenDNS server, or “8.8.8.8” for the Google server).
• Alternate DNS – Second DNS address (eg “208.67.220.220” for OpenDNS servers or “8.8.4.4” for Google servers).