magnetica Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Just a quick question for you lovely people! I know that my IP is the same as my dads who is sitting downsatairs. Is this the same for schools, uni's, companies etc. For example in a school are all the IP on the computers the same or changed. Please note i'm not on about local IP's here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NArc0t1c Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Schools will stay the same on every computer because most schools will have a router, meaning that all the computers is linked to one gateway to the internet. The Schools and universities will only have a different IP address per computer if there are more than one gateway to the internet. Or, if they do not have an Static IP. Every computer has two IP addresses(most of them), one for local are connections, and the other that is used for internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetica Posted August 13, 2007 Author Share Posted August 13, 2007 Yea makes sense! I asked this because i have a voting system and i want to make it so users can only vote once a say. If i say that one IP can vote once in a day, this would mean i might be blocking out some school kids that wont be able to vote. Whats a better way of doing this? Cookies maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wuhtzu Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Yup either you have to say one vote per IP or base it on cookies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetica Posted August 13, 2007 Author Share Posted August 13, 2007 Yea thats what i thought? Anyone come up with other solutions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTechie Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 what about email account based ? of course you can setup 200 emails but thats time and effort.. just an idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetica Posted August 13, 2007 Author Share Posted August 13, 2007 what about email account based ? By this do you mean, like the users can only vote once logged in or something? Sorry didn't quite know what you meant by this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTechie Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 have a simple database to store votes and have a email field, when someone votes display a message saying for your vote to count please click the link sent to your email, that like will validate the email and the vote (bit like user remembership activation) does that make more sence ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetica Posted August 13, 2007 Author Share Posted August 13, 2007 Yes that is a good idea. But i don't want my users to feel they have to do a million and one things before they can get a vote up. I think i will use cookies, probably better for the design i have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattison Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 id just say, do it to cirtain IP's but block them from voting for say 30 mins, then if they wanted to vote again they would of got bored and gone home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wuhtzu Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Great idea mattison (at least I think so) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makaveli80 Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 what if you have a dynamic IP, using either dialup or dsl? If I unplug my router for a few min, it gives me a new ip address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 what if you have a dynamic IP, using either dialup or dsl? If I unplug my router for a few min, it gives me a new ip address. You don't even need to unplug your router. Dynamic ips can change automatically between requests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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