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Tue 09/12/03 at 18:39
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"Dr. Chad Niga"
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If you are on ntl, go to www.whatismyip.com and tell me if it is the same as mine and 4 elses who i have asked on ntl.

62.254.0.30 is what i and 4 others got. This is very odd.

Can you please test and tell me if its the same.
Wed 10/12/03 at 10:06
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"Chavez, just hush.."
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AliBoy wrote:
> The ip address you posted is the NTL address for the nottingham area.

Probably Midlands, I got the same and I'm in Leicester.

If you have Netmeeting installed, run that and goto about or soemthing, it also tells you there what your IP is...
Tue 09/12/03 at 19:36
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"Dr. Chad Niga"
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No
Tue 09/12/03 at 19:26
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Can't you just change your IP addy?

Like, IPConfig Release and IPConfig New?
Tue 09/12/03 at 19:26
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"Dr. Chad Niga"
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Yeah, thanks, i'll take a look later. Im too annoyed at the mo to do anything.
Tue 09/12/03 at 19:20
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"Picking a winner!"
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The ip address you posted is the NTL address for the nottingham area.

Its a bit weird to explain, the ip address that the site tells you is the one for the server that you connect too, from there the server uses another address (Your address that they allocate to you) to send the data to you so that you get it.


If 2 computers had the same IP adress it would be impossible to work out which to send data too.

If you are interested do a google search on ip addresses and there ar eplenty of places that tell you what the numbers mean and how they work in general. Might help you understand what is going on.
Tue 09/12/03 at 19:15
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"Dr. Chad Niga"
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Yes, we do live in the nottingham area, so do the others.

how'd you know.
Tue 09/12/03 at 19:04
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"Picking a winner!"
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Do you live in the Nottingham area? What about the other NTl folk who got the same?
Tue 09/12/03 at 19:02
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"Dr. Chad Niga"
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Also i just remembered that when we play gta2 we get our ip's off there sometimes, and they have never been the same before.
Tue 09/12/03 at 19:02
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"Dr. Chad Niga"
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But why is this happening? everyone on ntl gets the same. and every one not on NTL gets a unique address.

This hasnt ever happened before.
Tue 09/12/03 at 18:59
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"Picking a winner!"
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You can't have the same IP as someone else at the same time.
It isn't possible.

As I said before the IP you are given b NTL is allocated dynamically and it changes, I don't know what IP adress the forum is finding but chances are there are loads and loads of folk that they would claim have the same IP address as it sounds like they are getting one of the servers you connect too and not *Your* Ip address

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