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ban dodgers issue

Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 10:42 pm
by Naruto-fr
Hi all,

I have a suggestion regarding the ban dodgers. I think it should be possible to detect players who are changing systematically their IP. Normally a player who has changed his IP won't connect with the same IP then. Maybe you should stats reset or ban all accounts which has got 2 or more IPs.

Is that possible? Usually there is no reason for someone to change his IP.

Cu

Re: ban dodgers issue

Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 11:19 pm
by Palsgraf
If you go to a friends house to play, bam- new IP. If your power goes out and your router boots up again when power returns- bam, new IP.

No reason? I can see a lot of legitimate reasons.

Re: ban dodgers issue

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:28 pm
by Naruto-fr
I did not know that when your router rebooted it generated a new Ip xD automatically. I thought you need to change it by yourself online and then reboot.

Re: ban dodgers issue

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:27 am
by DreathKnight
Naruto-fr wrote:I did not know that when your router rebooted it generated a new Ip xD automatically. I thought you need to change it by yourself online and then reboot.

This rule only applies to dynamic ip and in some cases static ip.

Re: ban dodgers issue

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 1:50 pm
by Palsgraf
At least in the United States, almost every residential connection has a dynamic IP -- even cable. Thus, every time the modem restarts (different from the router), the home is assigned a new IP.

Re: ban dodgers issue

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 4:02 am
by teller55
Thank you for the suggestion, but at this time, it probably isn't the best option.

(Another example of why this wouldn't work out well: I play wc3 in college, I go home for the weekend, I then get banned and stats erased just for going home for the weekend.)