▷ How to change ip in windows 10

The IP address is a number string that functions to identify our computer on a data network. Absolutely all devices with the possibility of connecting to a network have this element, therefore, it is like their DNI. We cannot change our DNI, but the IP address we can, and I know what we are going to see today in a new step by step of these that you like so much. Here we will learn to change Windows 10 IP.

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The IP address is not only used to connect a computer to the Internet, it is a badge that is used internally in private networks, such as building intranets, internal company networks, etc. Due to this, we must make a differentiation between what is a private IP and a public IP, to understand what we are doing.

Private IP and public IP

The structure of an IP address is as follows:

000, 000, 000, 000

In addition, they can take values ​​within a certain range:

From 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255

Having said that, we will explain the difference between IPs

Public IP

A public IP is the IP address of any device that is directly connected to the Internet. If you look, our equipment is NOT directly connected to the Internet, it passes through a router. Precisely this is the one that has this type of IP with which we can identify ourselves outside the home to the Internet.

Furthermore, we cannot know this IP address from our own team unless we use web pages for these actions.

We must also bear in mind that this IP is not normally fixed, but is dynamically assigned. When we turn off the router and turn it on again, it is very possible that our public IP will change. A public IP address can never be repeated on the Internet, just as a DNI will never be repeated

Private IP

This type of address is used to identify each computer internally, within a private or home network. Everything that is connected behind a router is part of a private network.

In almost all cases these IPs are assigned within a certain range of numbers. In this way, a computer that belongs to a network can have the same IP address as another that belongs to another network. Of course, within the same network, there cannot be two computers with the same private IP.

How to know what my IP is

To know what IP we have we can do it in two different ways

Using the control panel

• In the start menu we write "Control Panel" Next, we put the view mode in icons and locate the one that says: "Network and Sharing Center"

• In the new window we choose the option "Change adapter configuration" located at the top left of this window. We locate the device through which we are connected, it will normally be "Ethernet"

• Right click on the icon and choose "State"

• In this window we choose the option "Details…" From the list of elements that appears, we must look at the line "IPv4 Address" This will be the internal IP address of our team.

If our team is not connected to a large intranet of a company, it is normal to always start with 192, 168…

Using the command prompt

Another more direct way to do this is through the Windows command prompt.

• We go back to the start menu and type "CMD" Once the window to enter commands is open, type "ipconfig"

Again we should not set in the paragraph where the name of our connection device is written, which will possibly be "Ethernet Ethernet Adapter". The line that interests us is, as in the previous method, the "IPv4 Address"

How to change IP Windows 10

The easiest and most intuitive way to set fixed IP in Windows 10 will be by accessing the Control Panel. Note again that we can only change the private IP. Public will be automatically assigned to devices connected to the network.

Change IP Windows 10 using command line

With the command prompt open we will write:

• ipconfig / relay

In this way we will delete the current address. Then we write:

• ipconfig / renew

The system will assign us a new IP address, although in most cases it will be exactly the same as we had previously.

Change Windows 10 IP using control panel

If what we want is to manually assign a static IP address that we want, we will have to do the following:

We will carry out the same steps as to check what our IP is through the Control Panel. We must go to the step where the connection devices appear.

Now we will choose with the right button the option "Properties"

In the new window that appears, double click on "Internet Protocol version 4"

• Now a window will appear in which we will surely be assigned the option of "Obtain an IP address automatically". What we are going to do is choose the other option "use the following IP address"

Now we put the IP address we want, for example:

Note that it must be within the same range as the Default Gateway, so in principle we will only have to choose the last number in the sequence.

A trick to put the correct addresses is to look through the ipconfig / all command what were the addresses that we had previously placed.

In addition, in the "Preferred DNS Server" section, we will have to enter either the one we had so far or one of our choice. To find out which are the best DNS servers visit our tutorial:

We recommend that you take a look at the list of free public DNS servers.

We have chosen Google's.

• Preferred DNS: 8.8.8.8 Alternative DNS: 8.8.4.4

Otherwise our team will not be able to connect to the Internet.

This way we can choose what IP address we want to have on our computer, we have also managed to set Windows 10 fixed IP, with certain limitations of course. If you have any questions you just have to leave it in the comments.

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With this we conclude our tutorial on how to change IP in Windows 10. What do you think? Has it been useful?