How can I change my IP for gaming?

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CrazyMike69

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I was playing Diablo II and Starcraft (which is free now) and I ran into some odd connection issues and did the typical restart of my computer and router. Pretty much when you join a game people can use hack programs to get your IP, and when you're on the server it messes with your connection. I just want to know how to change my IP to get around this problem, and it helps I'm using Windows 7.

Everything else works fine, I can watch movies and download without any issues until I open up one of those games.
 
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There is a huge difference between free VPN and ones you pay for. You get bandwidth caps and/or massive amounts of advertising spam crammed into your browser. There are many very good paid ones in the $5/month range. I would hope that a extra $5 is going to be worth avoiding the hassle of the idiots that live on the internet.
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Mostly, you can't.
Your public IP address is given to you by your ISP.
If you turn your modem OFF for a few days, it will probably obtain a new one when it connects. But I'm guessing you don't want to be offline for a few days.
 
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Yeah I figured that was a possibility, I couldn't get it to change when I unplugged it a few times during the week before bed and woke up with the same IP. Calling my ISP is a waste of time in my area, I've tried it before and they just give you the runaround then tell you to flush your DNS. So I'm kinda at a stalemate here.
 
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If I find a decent free one I'll give it a try, I don't want to pay for a service for games that are that old. No wonder those games were more popular back in the dial-up ages. Thanks for the reply tho, it saves me the trouble from looking up more solutions knowing that you can't manually change your IP, plus I have way better games to play around with.
 
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There is a huge difference between free VPN and ones you pay for. You get bandwidth caps and/or massive amounts of advertising spam crammed into your browser. There are many very good paid ones in the $5/month range. I would hope that a extra $5 is going to be worth avoiding the hassle of the idiots that live on the internet.
 
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