Can ISP's be matched

[Ali]

I.e my username was the same as another users....

Is this possible? Or would they need my password?

 

[Ali]

195.200.139.1 Is my ISP at present...

 

[thecremeegg]

May I be the first to say....eh?

Lol, I think you mean I.P not ISP, but thats as far as my help extends

 

[Ali]

Sorry IP. Can't go into detail.

My IP was matched to anothers...which i have nout to do with? And apprently it's my IP number?

Not a tech bod hence the question.

 

[Justin]

Internet Service Provider?

 

[Ali]

Sorry meant IP. Address thing.

 

[Mark One]

ISP = internet service provider mate.

Are you talking about your internet IP (ie WAN IP)?
They are normally dynamic (means you get a different one each time you connect).
You can pay extra to have your own one made static.

there are 4228250625 (4.2 billion) different ones you can have

 

[Mark One]

Each of the numbers in your normal IP can be between 0 and 255

this explains it well, and what is being done to make sure we don't run out of IPs.

I was asked today about how many I.P addresses there could possibly be, considering each computer on the net needs a different I.P.

an I.P Address looks like this 123.123.123.123 thats they go from 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255 that is 255 to the power of 4 or 255 X 255 X 255 X 255 this gives us 4228250625 or 4.2 Billion I.P address' possible, that is a lot but with more and more people using the internet they will, in our lifetime run out, Meaning not all people could connect at once.

There is light at the end of the tunnel though, as this 4 octet i.p addressing system is already being replaced and a new system is already with us, if your running vista you've already got it.

It's called IPv6 as opposed to IPv4 we currently use. The I.Pv6 looks like this 2001:0000:0000:FFD3:0000:0000:0000:57ab
this gives us wayyyy over 340282366920938000000000000000000000000 I.P addresses, I don't ever think we will out grow that. With 6.5ish Billion people alive in the world today (dead people don't surf) We would be ok with that many addresses...

 

[Griff]

IP's (Unless static) can change all the time.

For example you've had over 40 different IP addresses in the last 60 days and anyone who uses the same ISP as you can, at some point in time, be issued with the same IP address.

 

[Ali]

WTF, so how is it. i've been matched with a now banned users! Very few people have used my computer! Justin/Bragg/Alan/stoddie...Thats it...And it wasn't one of them i was matched too!

 

[Ali]

IP's (Unless static) can change all the time.

For example you've had over 40 different IP addresses in the last 60 days and anyone who uses the same ISP as you can, at some point in time, be issued with the same IP address.

Griff tried to PM you about that but in box is full!!!

 

[Griff]

IP's (Unless static) can change all the time.

For example you've had over 40 different IP addresses in the last 60 days and anyone who uses the same ISP as you can, at some point in time, be issued with the same IP address.

Griff tried to PM you about that but in box is full!!!

My PM box isn't full mate.. I've been receiving PM's all day succesfully.

Are you PM'ing "Griff" rather than ".Griff." by mistake?

 

[Ali]

Sorry, my bad, had wrong username. FWD'd on PM.