said by ChangeIPPlz:hey streetspirit, how can you force an IP change? i tried to change my IP but if i change it to anything else it doesnt work anymore, even if its in my subnet
You don't change your IP yourself. In fact, hard coding an IP address will likely cause issues for you and OOL could disconnect your service if they find out as it will cause issues for others if they are assigned that IP.
OOL assigns an IP address based on the MAC address of the device directly connected to the cable modem. If you change the MAC address of the device connected to the cable modem, that device will get a new IP address. If you have a router, you can look at cloning one of the MAC Addresses of a network card in one of your computers. If you have a computer directly connected to the cable modem you can switch the network card out for another or try a utility that might or might not work in changing the MAC address of your network card.