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Originally Posted by medw1974
One for the techies out there,
How many people share the same ip address - the reason I ask is that I was just browsing the who's online section on my vbulletin powered forum and noticed that a new member has the exact same IP as my self (62.252.xxx.xx).
It is totally identical right down to the final .xx - is this normal and just a coincedence that someone geographically very close to me has joined or is it something to be wary of?
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Any number of people could share the same IP address - if they're coming through a proxy, then as far as you're concerned they're all the same IP address.
For example, NTL operate loads of proxies, meaning that it is all but impossible to tell Internet users apart by IP address.