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    A Question About Random Ip's

    I have a set up where random IP's are selected when I log on. Are there a small number of IP's that cycle through when I log on so that one day I may have one number and a different number the next time, but where I can be logging on with the same IP on different occasions? If I log on with IP "A", and the next time with IP "B", can "A" come up again in the future?

    Furthermore, if I log on with IP "A" and don't log on for a few weeks, is it possible someone else with random IP's can get IP "A" or is there a set of IP's reserved for every user?
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    AFAIK it depends on the internet service you're using -- most services with dynamic IPs have a set number available, so there's a chance that you'll eventually get the same IP. If you're using an IP masking program then it's probably the same deal, since most masking programs either go through a proxy server (that has a finite number of IPs available) or else they just add a mask to your IP (which IIRC isn't a very effective way of disguising it).

    WRT the second question, it's possible that somebody using the same ISP or proxy server will wind up with an IP that you previously used, since there're only a finite number available.

    I'm not sure how many IPs the typical ISP or proxy server uses.
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    • #3
      Thx, is there a way to mask IP's? And if the IP is issued by my ISP, can others using that ISP get an IP I've used in the past?

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      • #4
        Oops, you answered the second question.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Berzerker
          Thx, is there a way to mask IP's? And if the IP is issued by my ISP, can others using that ISP get an IP I've used in the past?
          others can get your old ip. your ISP has a set # of ip's it can give out. for example, my ISP has the 24.184.XXX.XXX ip's.

          usually yuor ISP will have a similair domain. they are assigned to people randomly as they log on. anyone could have anyones past ip.

          and what are you talking about when you refer to masking? there is software that acts as a proxy, where websites and such see an ip thats not yours (www.multiproxy.org useful for creating dl's ) and there are services for getting a domain name to point to whatever ip you have at the moment (www.dns2go.com).
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          • #6
            Berz,

            You can surf the net without them seeing your IP address by using an anonymous proxy server. Some of them can be hard to setup but there are some software packages that you can download that will mask your IP.

            And yes someone else can get an IP that you have used in the past.
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            • #7
              I see Uber already answered that.
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              • #8
                Thx Ted and Uber, I was banned from a political site for disrupting the board (no way, not me), hehe, and I'm trying to figure out how to re-register undetected. I deleted my cookies and went back but the site manager said I had the same IP as my prior incarnation.

                I'm behind a firewall and going thru a proxy, would that effect any "masking" software?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Berzerker
                  Thx Ted and Uber, I was banned from a political site for disrupting the board (no way, not me), hehe, and I'm trying to figure out how to re-register undetected. I deleted my cookies and went back but the site manager said I had the same IP as my prior incarnation.

                  I'm behind a firewall and going thru a proxy, would that effect any "masking" software?
                  yes. whatever proxy you are using may have a static ip. go to http://www.multiproxy.org/env_check.htm to see your ip as it appears to webservers.
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                  • #10
                    Hmmm...it "might."

                    Where is the proxy? Is it the ISP's proxy or is it one that you setup?

                    What I'm thinking is that instead of using the current proxy you are using, that you would then switch to one of the anonymous proxies instead.

                    There are some anonymous pay services out there that are pretty good. The free ones I've seen are pretty hard to setup or they don't offer very good service.
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                    • #11
                      Also what Uber said. If it's your ISP's proxy, it will definitley have it's own IP address. That never changes.
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                      • #12
                        Okay, the checker at multiproxy lists a different IP from the one the political site's manager said I have, but I'm not sure how to read the analysis. Hell, I don't even know where to click on my computer to find what IP I have.

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                        • #13
                          What OS are you using?

                          If it's newer than Windows 95, go to the command line and type: ipconfig /all
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                          • #14
                            Windows ME, thx.

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                            • #15
                              Umm...where is this command line?

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