How To Refresh Your Ip Address On A Windows Computer

When you refresh your computer’s IP address, only the last number is liable to change—and even then, the number might not change.

If you’re in a hurry, you can skip this step.

Don’t panic if your IP address is the same as it was before—that just means that the best possible IP address for your computer was determined to be the one that you had before. You can exit Command Prompt at this point.

Your computer must be entirely shut down for this process to work.

Your computer must be entirely shut down for this process to work.

Your computer must be entirely shut down for this process to work.

Your computer must be entirely shut down for this process to work.

This process is known as “power-cycling”, and is a common fix for network issues.