Most IP addresses for residential service are what's called "dynamic", which means they change periodically. Do you know what you have? Why do you want it to change?

Hi Mr Fudd 😁 My friend keeps getting shadow banned on social media. shes changed her name 10 times but it doesnt help. she follows the rules etc they just dont like when she flys a flag. So i was wondering if she changed her ip, maybe theyd leave her alone?!

I once had an email address with a small local ip and had problems with my sent email being labeled as spam. Turned out the ip was used by big time spammer. Has she tried a gmail address? That solved my problem.

There are two levels of IP addressing on the typical home Internet network.

1 -- The modem (or router) which connects the household to the ISP is assigned a random IP from the ISP's available pool. This is the IP that the outside world sees for ALL devices that are online within the home. http://www.whatismyip.com (there are other sites for that) will report what is it, or one can ask Google what is my IP address? It typically changes on a recurring basis ranging from 7 to 14 days, with a different IP assigned from the pool when it refreshes. Power-cycling or disconnecting / reconnecting the modem/router may or may not change the connection IP outside the normal refresh cycle. An ISP subscriber can usually optionally pay extra for a dedicated IP so it's always the same, or a small range of IPs that can be set on individual devices that need consistent, direct access from outside.

Your friend's assigned IP accordingly is what is blocked, if that is the method of blocking that is being employed. Blocking can be done on a range of IPs around a given IP to catch when it changes within that range. Anyone else on that ISP who happens to use the same social media platform could conceivably also be blocked from it if they happen to catch an IP in the blocked range, depending on how precisely the blocked range is coded.

2 -- The connection modem, or separate router if there is one, has an integral DHCP (Dymanic Host Configuration Protocol) server which assigns a separate IP internal to the home network to each connected device. These IPs are typically from the range 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.255, which is a private/non-public netblock set aside for that purpose (there's also 10.0.0.0 through 10.255.255.255 and 172.16.0.0 through 172.31.255.255). NAT (Network Address Translation) in the router translates those private IPs to the ISP's one public IP that is on the connection to the outside world, so each connected device can pull a separate stream of data through that connection. A specific IP from the private netblock can be assigned to a given device within the home network but is not the IP that the outside world sees via NAT.

A VPN (Virtual Private Network) service masks the real/public IP by translating it and routing (and encrypting) the data stream through a network of secure servers that are in far-away locations (often other countries) from the user's true location. However, it brings in additional cost to the user (assuming the VPN service isn't free) ... and the VPN's server IP could also get banned.

Thank you all so much i will let her know.

You should also let her know that under the terms of use of most websites, people who are banned are banned and are not permitted to try to change their identity to try to reestablish use.

Thank you Elmer. They dont ban her they just make sure not many sees her content.

Thanks so much dadoes. I appreciate all your trouble. im passing on the info to her.