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[Deleted account DD]

Originally Posted by lacroupade

sort of academic since this thread (and most of Briggies others) are in the Pub Thread which is visible to anyone who wants to look - its only the technical forums and so on that are Private until you pay your subs.

Didnt realise that lmao so they gained nothing by briggies cock up?

Anyhow, Bat (or admin?) can block them by ip addr and they wont be able to see a thing

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by daved

Didnt realise that lmao so they gained nothing by briggies cock up?

Anyhow, Bat (or admin?) can block them by ip addr and they wont be able to see a thing

Thats why you see the folks showing up in red who haven't paid a sub......

Oh you have to get up early to get round me!!


And BTW, since most internet users are DHCP not static, blocking an IP address won't work. Its a commonly held myth on a large number of forums that "we can block you using your IP address so watch out!!!", or elsewhere that "we can find you!!"..... but sadly total bollocks. If you have their MAC address (which IS unique and static for any given PC device) its a possibility.

[briggie]

Originally Posted by extreme-4x4

pete (briggie) at what point did you become aware of this ? leaving your account details on someone elses computer.

when did you start to suspect ?

absolutely no chance of chasing our money back from the garage. so really not impressed

and if you or anyone suspects something is amiss with there accounts , lets hope you contact either bat or a moderator as soon as you have a problem . then it can be rectified swiftly.

i became aware of this shortly after reading pauls post about his phone call ,up untill then i had assumed that my user was on the list as you said from the system updating , it was only when i thought about how it could be done i remembered i had logged on elsewhere so to speak .

[Deleted account DD]

Originally Posted by lacroupade

And BTW, since most internet users are DHCP not static, blocking an IP address won't work. Its a commonly held myth on a large number of forums that "we can block you using your IP address so watch out!!!", or elsewhere that "we can find you!!"..... but sadly total bollocks. If you have their MAC address (which IS unique and static for any given PC device) its a possibility.

Hmm....how come certain sites will not let you sign on even when you create a different account what is it they identify that barrs you

Cos they have errrr can , or so Ive been told

This is a useful and accurate site, especially if you want to try a proxy server. http://www.ip-adress.com/ . I'll admit Ive never monitored my ip address but I reckon from memory its always with in a certain limited range if not fairly static are there any records on your admin side Bat?

[zippy656]

they use you ip address

[Deleted account DD]

Youve set me off wondering about this now...............

surely the range of ip addr available within a given area will narrow it down to a certain defined area where the computer in question is operating out of? almost like a cascading or root type schematic

Looking in my belkin set up for the mac addr changer (which is there so thats proably no good to track someone down either ) theres a couple of pages that allow me to define either changing or fixed ip addr , however if its left to be able to change it does it within a limited range

I really dont know the answer, its something Ive never really bothered wondering about so long as I can connect

[Deleted account DD]

Originally Posted by zippy656

they use you ip address

Sure cos im not now

[briggie]

clivvy will know

[rayf3262]

Originally Posted by daved

Sure cos im not now

The IP address that is "seen" by hosts that you connect to is your WAN or Wide area network address, this will be within a certain range as these are allocated in blocks to ISP's.
The IP address you can change on your router is most likley the LAN address, they cant see this anyhow as it's on the other side of your router.

As for changing IP's, Virgin/cabletel etc. these guys will renew your IP with the same number almost every time, unless you leave your cable modem disconnected for an extended period, that way your "old" IP will get served up to someone else and you will get a new one....

BT ADSL services will pretty much give you a new IP evry time you re-boot your ADSL modem (often in the router).
So if you have BT type ADSL service just re boot the modem and you have a 99% chance of a new IP, with cable its a bit more tricky to achieve.

[Deleted account DD]

Originally Posted by rayf3262

The IP address that is "seen" by hosts that you connect to is your WAN or Wide area network address, this will be within a certain range as these are allocated in blocks to ISP's.
The IP address you can change on your router is most likley the LAN address, they cant see this anyhow as it's on the other side of your router.

As for changing IP's, Virgin/cabletel etc. these guys will renew your IP with the same number almost every time, unless you leave your cable modem disconnected for an extended period, that way your "old" IP will get served up to someone else and you will get a new one....

BT ADSL services will pretty much give you a new IP evry time you re-boot your ADSL modem (often in the router).
So if you have BT type ADSL service just re boot the modem and you have a 99% chance of a new IP, with cable its a bit more tricky to achieve.

Thanks for that

The practical answer is actualy somewhere in the middle, nice when no ones wrong

So as I'm on virgin I will stay pretty static. Thats how I would gues my "friend" was located and barred

[kawa111]

not that it really matters now, but the virtual pub postings is not open to everyone to see or at least i couldnt i logged out and then tried out of curiosity and it comes up private

[extreme-4x4]

Originally Posted by kawa111

not that it really matters now, but the virtual pub postings is not open to everyone to see or at least i couldnt i logged out and then tried out of curiosity and it comes up private

exactly