There are times when you need to change your IP address, for instance: after detecting a virus (trojan) or other threat on your computer, being targeted by a hacker, or as a general security measure, it's good practice to renew your IP address weekly at the very least. Most ISP's setup their networks and user modems to automatically renew after 7 days (user connections are typically DHCP) however, if you are more technically minded you can easily change the lease time by logging into your modem … [Read more...]