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273777 2004-09-19 07:14:00 Is there some way you can stop others using your IP address? Brianxxx (6131)
273778 2004-09-19 07:20:00 Nobody else can have your IP address Brian.

Your internet provider has a pool of addresses, for example:

222.152.55.0 - 222.152.58.255

They will automatically give you a free IP address within this pool every time you connect, and then nobody else will be able to use it.

Cheers
george12 (7)
273779 2004-09-19 07:28:00 Hi, well I went to this site for the first time today and tired to access a file but was refused on the grounds that I had exceeded my quota for the day. Brianxxx (6131)
273780 2004-09-19 07:38:00 This wasnt a normal site tho was it?? For legit software? / shareware or software you purchase on the net, etc

Most sites dont have a quota for downloads. Or it wouldnt be worth, them being online.
Spacemannz (808)
273781 2004-09-19 07:42:00 But how do u stop others using your IP address or change it so u can get the access u want? Brianxxx (6131)
273782 2004-09-19 07:48:00 You dont. If youre doing what I think youre doing. Those sites take note of your ip address (and know where u r from) by the ip address.

Its not really the ip address thats the prob, its where u r (NZ). And how many ppl from NZ have been there before (most probably on the same day).
Spacemannz (808)
273783 2004-09-19 07:50:00 Oh, I see. Brianxxx (6131)
273784 2004-09-19 07:54:00 Does that mean others from NZ have the same or similar number?
Brian
Brianxxx (6131)
273785 2004-09-19 07:58:00 Most IP addresses in NZ are "dynamic".

They change everytime you connect to the web (in the case of dial-up) and they change every few days (ADSL).

The ISP has a pool of addresses that are allocated to the users. So prior to the event, someone else could have had the IP address.

There is nothing you can do about it.
godfather (25)
273786 2004-09-19 08:02:00 Oh, bother. I guess all u can do is log off & on again, Hmmmm.
Brian
Brianxxx (6131)
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