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Release or Renew Your IP Address

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One common wifi troubleshooting "turn it off and on again" option is to release and renew your device's IP address on the network.

Windows 10 & 11

  1. Click on the Search icon in the taskbar and type in "cmd".
  2. In the pop-up options at the top, right click Command Prompt and choose聽Run as administrator.
  3. If prompted, choose聽Continue.
  4. In the black box, type "ipconfig/release" and press Enter.
  5. Type "ipconfig/renew" and press Enter.

(The black Command Prompt window gives you the heady thrill of being an 80's teen movie computer whiz kid but is relatively simple.)


Macintosh OS X 10.5+

  1. Click on the聽Apple menu.
  2. Click on聽System Preferences.
  3. Click on the聽Network听颈肠辞苍.
  4. Make sure either聽Airport or Ethernet (depending on which you working with) is selected and click Advanced.
  5. Click on the聽罢颁笔/滨笔听tab.
  6. Click on the聽Renew DHCP聽button.
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