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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 Vista/7/8

  1. Click on聽Start.
  2. 滨苍听Start Search, type in "cmd".
  3. Right click on Command Prompt and choose聽Run as administrator.
  4. If prompted, choose聽Continue.
  5. In the black box, type "ipconfig /release" and press Enter.
  6. Type "ipconfig /renew" and press Enter.

Windows 10

  1. Click on the Search icon in the taskbar and type in "cmd".
  2. Right click 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.

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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