IP addresses

wolfman

matty_c608 wrote:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=aol+cache+same+IP&btnG=Search&meta=

It isn't that rare really! Quite a few forum owners will ban a user based on IP, and then end up blocking 20 more to go withi it!!

http://webmaster.info.aol.com/faq.html

Ah yeah. That's due to proxy servers. AOL users browse via AOL's proxies, and any requests will appear to come from those proxies, rather than the individual user.

Hence if a forum tries to log the ip of the user, it's actually logging the ip of the proxy the AOL user went through. Of course more than one user will be going through the proxy, so it will appear that they all have the same ip address.

Have a look at the "Q. Can I use the IP address of the request to track a member's access to my site?" in the AOL link you posted.

Argyll_2

Ahhh I think it's becoming clearer now although I had to re-read some posts. So basically I'm generally ok If I use my home pc as it's dynamic Ip address but not to use my work pc.

I'm going to rejoin the forum under a different name but only use my home pc in future. Hopefully I won't be accused of anything in future that wasn't me.

Thanks for all your help guys.