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Re: how to save the visitors ip addresses [message #180891 is a reply to message #180888] Mon, 25 March 2013 13:22 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Jerry Stuckle is currently offline  Jerry Stuckle
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On 3/25/2013 8:42 AM, Tim Streater wrote:
> In article <kipfqa$ib5$1(at)dont-email(dot)me>,
> Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net> wrote:
>
>> You can't track visitors by IP. A visitor's IP can change at any
>> time, and it is very possible to have multiple visitors from the same
>> IP address (i.e. even at my home we have 5 computers but only 1 IP
>> address). An IP is valid for one conversation (i.e. a page request
>> with all of it's images) but nothing more.
>
> 1) In both instances above you mean "e.g." and not "i.e."
>

Stuff it.

> 2) In the above, "its" does not need an apostrophe (are you a grocer?)
>

Stuff it.

> 3) A user's IP address is typically allocated when they reboot their
> ADSL router (e.g. mine has been up for 128 days), and will remain
> unchanged for that duration. Unless, that is, they asked their ISP for a
> static IP address in which case it won't change at all.
>

That is true in YOUR case. DHCP addresses may be valid for as little as
30 minutes to as long as one year. It all depends on who's assigning
the dynamic IP (it is NOT always the ISP!).

Additionally, that does not mean you will keep the same IP address. It
is not at all uncommon for a company to use multiple proxies, for
instance. In that case each request can come through a different proxy
- even requests for images on the page may come through a different
proxy than the original page request. AOL does this, as well as many
major companies.

> 4) So even with a dynamic IP address, to say that it's valid for one
> page request only is complete nonsense.
>

Your entire update is complete nonsense. You only make a fool of
yourself when you correct someone with incorrect information.

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