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[Nuru]

Its probably a due to some sort of IP lock. Maybe your connection is always reset when you log in, thus, logging in as different IPs each time. I dunno, some connections can be weird like that, just a guess.

[Delsus]

Its probably a due to some sort of IP lock. Maybe your connection is always reset when you log in, thus, logging in as different IPs each time. I dunno, some connections can be weird like that, just a guess.

If the ISP uses Network Address Translation (NAT) this can happen, NAT for anyone that doesnt know translates a local IP to a global IP, it was implemented to prolong the life of IPv4 addresses, its used so all PCs on a network can have a unique IP, which anyone can use, because local IP adresses cannot be used on the internet allowing anyone to use them, the downside is that when you switch your PC on you can get a differant IP address through DHCP from your ISP each time.

This change could trigger SE's IP block system and the only thing you can do is buy a security token which disables the IP block when its activated, its highly unlikely your ISP will reserve an IP address for you if this is how they use DHCP.

Because you have no control over which IP addresses are given through DHCP there isnt much you can do because the ISP has the licences to the address pools which your IP address is chosen from which is why NAT can cause the problems.

If however the ISP is using Port address translation (PAT) which uses ports many people can have the same IP address so the ISP needs a smaller pool of addresses which gives more chance of getting the same IP address.

They will be using some form of address translation because there is not enough IPv4 addresses to go around, most ISPs use PAT because it saves money and is more convinant that NAT, but there will be a few that use NAT for some reason.

Sorry for the technical reply, I just thought I would mention why Nuru's post is relevent.

[Nuru]

If the ISP uses Network Address Translation (NAT) this can happen, NAT for anyone that doesnt know translates a local IP to a global IP, it was implemented to prolong the life of IPv4 addresses, its used so all PCs on a network can have a unique IP, which anyone can use, because local IP adresses cannot be used on the internet allowing anyone to use them, the downside is that when you switch your PC on you can get a differant IP address through DHCP from your ISP each time.

This change could trigger SE's IP block system and the only thing you can do is buy a security token which disables the IP block when its activated, its highly unlikely your ISP will reserve an IP address for you if this is how they use DHCP.

Because you have no control over which IP addresses are given through DHCP there isnt much you can do because the ISP has the licences to the address pools which your IP address is chosen from which is why NAT can cause the problems.

If however the ISP is using Port address translation (PAT) which uses ports many people can have the same IP address so the ISP needs a smaller pool of addresses which gives more chance of getting the same IP address.

They will be using some form of address translation because there is not enough IPv4 addresses to go around, most ISPs use PAT because it saves money and is more convinant that NAT, but there will be a few that use NAT for some reason.

Sorry for the technical reply, I just thought I would mention why Nuru's post is relevent.

lmao, well thank you, i only knew a friend that would log on one of my forums with different IPs all of the time. This sounds familiar but i still don't know what the heck you just said :P <3

Also, to take a wild guess at a solution (if this happens to be the problem), couldn't she just use a proxy?

[Delsus]

lmao, well thank you, i only knew a friend that would log on one of my forums with different IPs all of the time. This sounds familiar but i still don't know what the heck you just said :P <3

Also, to take a wild guess at a solution (if this happens to be the problem), couldn't she just use a proxy?

Lol i tried to make it easy to read but it gets hard, but a proxy could work, the only problem is that they are widely used when people do illegal things on PCs and the internet to throw the police and possible FBI away, so it could look a lil suspicious, but could be worth a try.

[Nuru]

Lol i tried to make it easy to read but it gets hard, but a proxy could work, the only problem is that they are widely used when people do illegal things on PCs and the internet to throw the police and possible FBI away, so it could look a lil suspicious, but could be worth a try.

Oh i see, so how would you know if your ISP was using NAT? Other than having to check your IP every now and then. Probably best for the OP to look into this and figure out a way to change services if this is the case.

[Medura]

Oh i see, so how would you know if your ISP was using NAT? Other than having to check your IP every now and then. Probably best for the OP to look into this and figure out a way to change services if this is the case.

It is one way to easily check if you have nat. Log into your router and check in the port forward menu. I got 2 internets in my home, 2 ips, if i log from one computer to the other, and forget being on the same net, i get this mail from SE. And some times, it is extremely annoying xD

[Delsus]

Oh i see, so how would you know if your ISP was using NAT? Other than having to check your IP every now and then. Probably best for the OP to look into this and figure out a way to change services if this is the case.

It would be kind of tough, because its not information you could get from the ISP, they dont like giving that information out, all you could do is download a program that shows your global IP and restart your router and PC a few times, which should give a differant IP address.

It is one way to easily check if you have nat. Log into your router and check in the port forward menu. I got 2 internets in my home, 2 ips, if i log from one computer to the other, and forget being on the same net, i get this mail from SE. And some times, it is extremely annoying xD

Or this could work but it may only show your local IP address.

[Medura]

It would be kind of tough, because its not information you could get from the ISP, they dont like giving that information out, all you could do is download a program that shows your global IP and restart your router and PC a few times, which should give a differant IP address.

Why download a program? ip-adress.com shows your ip, the global, not local one.
Plug out router for 30 min, log on. If you a new ip then, that means you have a changing ip, and uses NAT.