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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Mar 22, 2024 0:57:41 GMT
Blocking the IP is part of the process here. Interesting, so the spammers who keep posting the same stuff have multiple devices? But I often miss what is posted, some looks interesting! but I refuse to click the links.More like more than one IP address.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Mar 29, 2024 0:34:07 GMT
I was not aware that one device can have many IPs.
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Post by BlueAndGold on Apr 16, 2024 0:37:03 GMT
On another forum that I used to administer, it was possible to ban entire ranges of IP's with a few keystrokes. That is pretty effective in paring down the unwanted clutter. Here, we can see where the noise is coming from, but we have to pick them off one at a time. Tedious, but it helps.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Apr 16, 2024 13:54:22 GMT
I was not aware that one device can have many IPs. There is a difference between static and dynamic IP addresses. TLDR at the end.
A network administrator assigns a particular IP address to a device on the network in question. This is a static IP address which doesn't change.
A device signs onto a network and the network in question assigns the IP address. This is a dynamic IP address because it can change due to how many devices are already signed on.
Consider someone who owns a laptop or tablet. When used at home the device has an IP address assigned by the network used at home. When used at Marsbuck's Coffee, the device uses an IP address assigned by the network at Marsbuck's which has a different router than the one at the user's house. When used at Cliff's Caribou Internet Cafe, the device uses an IP address assigned by the network at CCIC, which uses a different router than the one at the user's house or Marsbuck's Coffee.
If you use a router at home and it never loses power or gets turned off, it will normally retain the IP address first assigned it, unless the internet service provider loses power. When the ISP reboots, odds are your router will get a new IP address. A router or other device may also be on more than one subnet or network at the same time, i.e.: you're connected to Amazon US, Runescape, FacePain, and a live-stream of the Ziegfeld Follies.
TLDR: It's magic.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Apr 16, 2024 23:33:57 GMT
Well that's a bugger ain't it?
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