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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1534838, member: 37498&quot;]This can be a useful tool, but I feel for the mods in these types of situations, because IP bans are a royal pain in the bahookie to manage.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the guy that sits at home and uses the same connection to access the Internet, they can be helpful as long as that person keeps the same IP address. But that&#039;s not always the case. IP leases expire and are eventually assigned to another person. While this site doesn&#039;t have so much traffic that the next person that pulls that IP address would likely come to CT, it could happen. Or, the banned user might pull another IP address, in which case he&#039;d be able to access the forums once again. One alternative is to ban an entire subnet, but that has a greater chance of affecting other users. There&#039;s also the possibility that a banned individual has multiple options for connecting to the Internet. i.e. From home, from work, from the library, from school, from their neighbor&#039;s wireless, using an Internet proxy service, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom line is, even if we did know for sure that a particular individual&#039;s account has been locked and has been banned by IP, don&#039;t be so sure that he won&#039;t return using a different user name. ALWAYS exercise due dilligence when buying from people on Internet forums.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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