Originally posted by Cesx
Check your current ip google > whats my IP ..... .... ....
Once you see your IP go to your router downstairs or where ever you placed it and click the reset button once it loads back up check your ip see if they changed if it did you have an dynamic ip which is good. If it did'nt then your kind of screwed aka static ip.
Im off to sleep bro hope i helped.
Chances are if he is on a residential plan, especially a lower tier he has a dynamic IP. The way many ISP work is they use different systems for this kind of thing.
It may give him a new IP if he resets his router or he may have to leave it unplugged over night. That is how mine works; I can pull if I unplug my router and modem for 4-8 hours (depends on lease renewal).