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Internet IP address
I recently had 1.5GB Fiber installed and my my IP address is indicating that I am located in Vancouver BC even though I am in the Toronto area. This is messing up the regional restrictions on so...
dru
Community Manager
Community ManagerIP addresses are assigned dynamically across the network. Sometimes, these addresses may be registered to a different location than where they're actually used.
Static IP addresses are available to business accounts, though.
You can try restarting your router via unplug/replug to see if it registers a new IP address. If you're technically comfortable doing it yourself, there are online resources that walk you through how to release and renew your IP address via Command Prompt for Windows or Terminal for MacOS.
Those tools will only affect your computer's IP address on your LAN, not the modem's WAN address -- unless there are options I'm not aware of (quite possible).
