Just out of curiosity...

[macgeek417]

...When I connected to the 'net today and went to the 68kMLA, I got a:

Information:
Your IP address has been permenently banned

message. So I'm currious, what did the IP 66.73.158.91 do to get banned :?:

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EDIT: fixed aprox. 7587346598 typos

 

[quinterro]

And yet you still managed to connect. I don't know what happened myself....

 

[macgeek417]

I have dial-up. dial-up = dynamic IP. i just yanked the phone cord and plugged it back in and reconnected.

EDIT:

oh, and quinterro: According to your sig, you named your fastest computer "Slug"

 

[LCGuy]

Well as you just said, its a dynamic IP, hence any man and his dog who uses your ISP could've had that IP. I ask...is it really that much of an issue as to why that address got banned? I certainly don't know, but in any case, getting a new IP address is simply a case of reconnecting, as you've realised.

 

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hence any man and his dog who uses your ISP could've had that IP.

I thought dogs weren't allowed on forums??

 

[LCGuy]

I guess if you can teach an old dog new tricks (such as how to use a keyboard and mouse), I can't see why not.

 

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[quinterro]

oh, and quinterro: According to your sig, you named your fastest computer "Slug"

It's a running gag with myself. Slug has been everything from a P3-500 to an Athlon64 3700. It makes it easy to pick it out on the network...

 

[stevep]

Not sure if it's a related issue or not, but for the last two days I have been getting a "can not connect - user has exceeded bandwidth, try again later" message (not those exact words) and couldn't get connected even after several attempts.

 

[LCGuy]

Hahahaha, good dog

stevep: Yeah, everyone had that issue, basically we ran out of bandwidth. I'm sure ~tl will explain more when he gets on.

 

[~tl]

Not sure if it's a related issue or not, but for the last two days I have been getting a "can not connect - user has exceeded bandwidth, try again later" message (not those exact words) and couldn't get connected even after several attempts.

It's not related, see here:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10122

As for the original problem, since it's a shared IP address it was probably used to spam the forums at some point. I've removed it from the banned list, so you shouldn't have more problems with it...