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It gives him a mesage that an administrator has banned his IP address.
It was probably his GepperRankings account he was using but since it's an IP ban, I don't think it matters.
Seems to me he hasn't done anything wrong - unless it was in GameboyWorld. I don't read that drivel.
I reckon it's a mistake, he said that it's okay for me to ask about it. So what's up :D
No IP's are banned by mistake.
Are we talking about TheDave?
EDIT:
Not so long ago we banned a proxy IP. I just checked all TheDave's used IP's and he also used that proxy/IP.
I won't remove the IP from the blocklist, so he needs to disable his proxy or change proxy.
Yesh he's talking about TheDave.
He's done nothing wrong is teh Gameworld :unsure:
And neither the "thedave" account nor the "gepperrankins" account bear the infamous mark of the banned.
Cheers, IKE :DQuote:
Originally Posted by {I}{K}{E}
I don't think he uses a proxy but it may be that his ISP uses a local proxy for a lot of its users in the area. I don't really know the specifics of how it works but it might be a problem for him.
He could use a proxy to get around it, I guess - but then again, his IP is probably dynamic and a reboot might sort it out :unsure:
Isn't the IP tool thingy on this board a bit crap? I seem to remember a mod accusing DanB or SnnY of being UKResident afew months back.
Anyhow if by banning IP's you accidentally ban members then you need to stop banning IP's.
Dave still can't get on the board after re-booting and using teh proxies.
Is there some reason the proxy Dave appears to be stuck with is banned? If it's not something Dave did then this situation is a bit harsh on him :(
it works fine :huh: It's only a bit slow sometimes when you do an IP search (because we have so many IP's stored in the DB)Quote:
Originally Posted by MCHeshPants420
The IP in question is banned because of BoB!1! .Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
I banned the IP after talking with Rperry (I think) on MSN about the BoB!1! account.
As soon as I see him online. I will ask him if we can remove the IP from the blocklist. I know the BoB!1! account was used by an old member here but I can't remember if it was TheDave or one of the other 2 that match this IP.
Ah, BoB!1! is Dave's RL mate. They both have the same ISP too.Quote:
Originally Posted by {I}{K}{E}
I think he's a bit of an arse but kinda funny. Anyway, Dave shouldn't have to suffer so thanks for looking into it.
Any news?
Dave still can't get on here, even with a proxy.
Has it been sorted yet? :unsure:
no. because I haven't talked with Rperry yet.
So Dave can stay banned till then ? :huh:
Dave isnt banned. the IP is blocked,Quote:
Originally Posted by DanB
The IP was blocked for a reason. I'm not gonna post why etc...
So if he can't change IP he cannot access FST until I speak with Rperry,
I cannot say yet if we will remove the IP from the blocklist.
Can't you make a decision by talking to the other mods on your team?Quote:
Originally Posted by {I}{K}{E}
At the moment you make it sound as if the whole matter is up to Rperry when really it should be a team decision for something as important as this.
I have posted a thread in team chat.....
I have just returned home to this, so sorry that there had to be a wait, I wouldn't have minded at all if the ban had been lifted if it was necessary. The ony confusion here is to why all of a sudden would there be a problem, I know Ike said it was banned recently, but it has been more than a month I believe, would have to check team chat to be sure of the time frame. Dave has been posting on here with his other account all this time , and there never was a problem, so why now :huh:
'cos he can't get here no matter what, now.
Dunno' what is wrong, have you managed to do something to the board software to make it better at blocking proxied up ips?
not that I'm aware, so I believe the answer is no.... and the only ip that could have been blocked was blocked on 6/21 btw.... :blink:Quote:
Originally Posted by SnnY
His ISP assigns local users to an IP block. Probably in groups of up to 100 users, they all share a T3 connection. There are several hundred such blocks all over the UK and probably about 15 in Dave's area.Quote:
Originally Posted by RPerry
He will stay connected to that hub (and therefore IP address) until such a time as he disconnects and when reconnecting there is no space at that particular hib - he will then get connected to one of his ISP's other T3lines and share that with several other users. Only then will he get a different IP.
His IP could switch everytime he disconnects or never, depending on the availability of a slot in the last hub he connected to.
Right - I may have got some facts and figures wrong there as it's from memory but that's basically the way it works. The upshot is that Dave isn't using a proxy and could be using the very same IP that BoB!1! used when he was banned some time ago.
Please lift the ban from the IP he is using because it's not really fair for him to get punished for what some other user did.
Have you tried taking off these banned IP's because of Bob? That might work.
TheDave's IP seems to change at least once a week going by my board logs.
That's the fairest way to deal with I think, then TheDave can go around to Bob's house and punch him in the ovaries.Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
TheDave has been using the same IP on here for just over a month, but has used different one's before that.
If, as you seem to suggest, he has the ability to change his IP then why doesn't he simply do that?
I don't think he does have the ability to change it himself, rather it gets changed at random intervals by his ISP.Quote:
Originally Posted by lynx
I didn't suggest that. He's tried using proxies and has rebooted several times.Quote:
Originally Posted by lynx
There is nothing sinister going on here. Just that we need the mod's help to enable an established member to access the board.
My ISP does the same, I think my IP just changed after having been the same for months.
We are working on it at the moment, although perhaps Dave could help by contacting his ISP and asking if he can change his IP or something?
we are trying to find a way of banning one without banning the other, which is proving pretty tricky especially as Bob and Dave both posted within 30 mins of each other with the same IP around the time Bob was banned which is rather odd......
It's not that odd if you know they live within a few miles of each other, use the same ISP so were probably connected tho' the same proxy used by one of the ISP's hubs.
Anyway, even if this is resolved by Dave's IP switching, it's likely to rear it's head again when he gets connected to one of the IPs or proxies already banned by the team.
I don't think it's common practice to ban IP numbers, is it? Obviously Billy's isn't IP banned so why not say that 'BoB!1!' is banned but lift the IP ban on the particular address which is affecting Dave.
The most sensible option would be to unban the IP address and monitor the situation. I don't think anyone is suggesting that TheDave is Bob just that there are a few oddities in the situation due to their proximity and same ISP.
Unless Bob is doing something heinous like trying to hack the board then I'm not sure why an IP ban is even needed. He wasn't even that a prolific poster here and I'm sure he's gone off to pester other boards with his idiocy. At worst he'd just be a fly-by-night nuisance like Billy Dean and a few other banned members. Easily ignored and re-banned.
WTFux is going on?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/snorlax/rst.gif*
*mine, not dave's.
what does that have todo with Dave not being able to login?
Well, I was starting, for a moment there, to think that the board was about to go ninja on all kinds of ips. was wondering if it does some kind of thing to see through proxies, like dave has been using to try and get in, and that that would be what I picked up :unsure:
So is he allowed back in yet then?
The IP is still on the blocklist
I don't get it. Why is the IP still on the blocklist.Quote:
Originally Posted by {I}{K}{E}
It's Dave's IP. He hasn't done anything to warrant this being banned.
Are you seriously accusing Dave of wrong doing, or what?
Thats fair then ay :huh:
We have Billy Dean a well known banned member up to his old trolling tricks in the Drawing Room and he is happily allowed to carry on with no one saying anything, yet you aren't prepared to just ban the BoB!1!1 account and lift the ip ban for an unbanned & long time member to be able to surf the board?
Btw this is RPerry who seemed to think by looking at ip's that me and SnnY were Billy Dean :lol:
atm I think Bob was banned when using Daves computer, (because the IP matches both users within 30 min.)
So it is possible that Dave used the Bob account when it got banned.
When we have decided if we will remove the IP from the block list we will post it here.
Exactly. I said a similar thing too.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanB
The situation is ridiculous.
I've already told you how it's possible that they posted from different locations yet had the same IP.Quote:
Originally Posted by {I}{K}{E}
Btw, it's fairly low that you imply Dave posted those things that BoB!1! (the idiot) did. I would be highly offended if I were him.
He's been a member for 2 years, surely you know him a little better than that.
You don't say :pinch:Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
Do you remember that thread in Sportsworld when we used the same proxy for 10 minutes to post?
Does that mean you were in my house somewhere? :angry: