Thread: Tracker ban: how does it work?

Originally Posted by uatdafuc

1) you usually have only 1 ip address per location (your ipad, iphone, home 1 and home 2 probably all connect to the same router, which has only 1 public IP address).

Well home 1 is a different location from home 2 so I am pretty sure the IP will be different too. As for iphone and ipad, if I don't use my home's (1 or 2) WiFi, and connect through 3G, then again the Iphone/Ipad IP is again different, right?
By the way, if I am somewhere outside and I connect my ipad and iphone on the 3G network, will both of them get the same IP?
I understand 3G is a dynamic IP network, right?

Originally Posted by uatdafuc

And if someone else gets banned with you, he will notice it and complain to the staff, and he may get unbanned. besides, most of the times trackers ban your username / email, not your ip. but if they do ban your ip, see above details.

My experience is that trackers usually ban the IP.. And sometimes IP range, since if you have a dynamic router you just reset it and get back into the tracker that banned your previous IP.

3G has completely dynamic IP allocation for sure. As for the other devices, yes, if they connect differently, or in another geographic location they will have different ip addresses. You can easily check that with what is my ip website. If that website has too much advertisements for your taste you could try ripe.net (your ip in somewhere on the right side).

just seeding and not getting banned in the first place is a lot less work than trying to circumvent a ban tbh...and people managing to re-register after being banned and then getting banned again is why some trackers ban whole countries...

Originally Posted by kevliketorrent

just seeding and not getting banned in the first place is a lot less work than trying to circumvent a ban tbh...and people managing to re-register after being banned and then getting banned again is why some trackers ban whole countries...

I agree on that. I never got banned on any tracker, ever. Though I was once warned for my very high speed with some peers until I explained to them the principles of a metropolitan area network. I do have some accounts disabled for inactivity but that's about it.