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Query regarding another boards user using my computer

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  • 02-08-2010 4:11pm
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    Miaireland
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭


    I have a few friends coming to stay with me over the next few months. Some of them may have a boards account as well.

    Would I be better off asking them not to access Boards.ie on my computer? I am afraid of being banned if it could be seen as a second account.


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    Black Swan
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,258 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    My understanding is that more than one person can access boards from the same computer as identified by having the same IP address. This often happens from Internet Cafes that rent computers to customers, or from wifi hotspots that use the same wifi router to access the net.

    The prohibition that occurs is when someone is banned from a boards forum or the site, and then registers a new user name to get around the ban.


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    No problem whatsoever, as long as there is no problem.:)

    If you have more than one person in the household (as I do) that uses Boards.ie via the same router, they are all going to show up with the same IP address. So it's not a problem.

    It's when people start getting infractions and bans that things start getting messy.


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    Miaireland
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭Miaireland


    Thanks for your help. I appreciate it.:)


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