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Ok, so I am using tsocks on my ubuntu machine, i have it all set up so that if i run

wget -q -O - checkip.dyndns.org|sed -e 's/.*Current IP Address: //' -e 's/<.*$//'

in my normal shell i get my real IP address, and if i run

tsocks wget -q -O - checkip.dyndns.org|sed -e 's/.*Current IP Address: //' -e 's/<.*$//'

I get another IP address like I should, my question is how do I make the tsocks command return with a different 'different address'; in other words establish a new identity.

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tsocks is a simple wrapper for SOCKS5 proxies, it has nothing to do with identities or Tor in general.

You will have to use a Tor control program such as Vidalia.

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tsocks over tor will cause traffic for the program you are tsocks-ing to use the Tor network. This makes that specific program act as though it has a different IP address. It does NOT affect any other programs or your machine as a whole. Tor only supports TCP so even if someone was running a DHCP server to "give you" a different IP it couldn't happen as DHCP runs on UDP. It would also break your current connection with the Tor circuit. – ultrasawblade Sep 10 '11 at 13:34
@ultrasawblade: This does not involve DHCP in any way. Tor can be told to simply open a new circuit with a different exit node. – grawity Sep 10 '11 at 13:35
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