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IP address getting flagged blocked
Hi My IP address is frequently getting flagged or blocked. eg. when I try to edit wiki page, it says my IP is blocked, or access NY times, it gives an error on IP. I have a residential internet and there is hardly any activity from our site., wondering if the IP was recycled and earlier assigneee had issues. how do we fix it? or request a new external IP address
XfinityJosephA
Official Employee
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5 hours ago
Hello, @Coffeespot how are you? In a situation like this you would need to contact the site that has blocked your IP. Since your IP is dynamic there's no way to assign you another one. But the only work around I know of is to use a new modem. An IP gets assigned to the Mac address on your modem.
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EG
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114K Messages
4 hours ago
If you are using a router that has a MAC address cloning feature, you can clone a different MAC address into it. This will force a change of your Comcast assigned WAN / public IP address. And you could also try using a VPN service, but it's a crapshoot on what IP / endpoint geolocation will be presented to their servers.
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