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Re: how to save the visitors ip addresses [message #180893 is a reply to message #180889] Mon, 25 March 2013 13:34 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Tim Streater is currently offline  Tim Streater
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In article <kiphri$tch$1(at)dont-email(dot)me>,
Scott Johnson <noonehome(at)chalupasworld(dot)com> wrote:

> On 3/25/2013 5:42 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."
>
> Who Cares?
>
>>
>> 2) In the above, "its" does not need an apostrophe (are you a grocer?)
>
> Who Cares?

Anyone with two brain cells to rub together, ISTM.


>> 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.
>
> I do not use DSL so when does mine change?

Who says that it does?

>> 4) So even with a dynamic IP address, to say that it's valid for one
>> page request only is complete nonsense.
>
> Can you quote where he said "it's valid for one page request only"?

Where he said:

"An IP is valid for one conversation (i.e. a page request with all of
it's images) but nothing more."

Note that I've left his egregious hayseed grammatical errors in.

--
Tim

"That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed,
nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" -- Bill of Rights 1689
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