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chris_basschris_bass Posts: 4,913
edited October 2019 in The cake stop
Has anyone else had problems with blocked IP addresses?

I'm not even trying to sell any passports, well not on here anyway! :wink:
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  • itboffinitboffin Posts: 20,050
    Chris Bass wrote:
    Has anyone else had problems with blocked IP addresses?

    I'm not even trying to sell any passports, well not on here anyway! :wink:

    I had a few issues a couple of months back as did others, i think there's a thread over in the discuss the website section viewforum.php?f=40033
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  • shortfallshortfall Posts: 3,288
    Yeah happened to me a few months ago then again last week. Went away on it's own but in the mean time using a VPN seems to avoid it.
  • chris_basschris_bass Posts: 4,913
    seems ok on the mobile so i'll just use that for now!

    glad it's not just me.

    now about those passports....
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  • Ben6899Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Chris Bass wrote:
    now about those passports....

    Have you got a blue one for Goo?
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  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,629
    I had this problem on Sunday till about dinner.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • WheelspinnerWheelspinner Posts: 6,410
    Had this ages ago, and lasted a while. Explanation from BR at the time was they were just blocking a range of IP addresses as the simplest way of stopping the spam temporarily till they could be more specific.
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  • redveeredvee Posts: 11,922
    IIRC ther are various options available to mods for blocking IP address, one is to wildcard block IP addresses. They could block 87.55.xxx.xx rather than 87.55.123.45 if the spam was found to be coming from one particular country but there is always the risk of blocking genuine members IP addresses but that detail is able to seen by a mod.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • chris_basschris_bass Posts: 4,913
    oxoman wrote:
    I had this problem on Sunday till about dinner.

    what did you have for dinner? maybe I should try that?!
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  • chris_basschris_bass Posts: 4,913
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Chris Bass wrote:
    now about those passports....

    Have you got a blue one for Goo?

    for the right price! might have to have my photo on it though!
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  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,629
    CB sod all sadly as i was stuck at work.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • chris_basschris_bass Posts: 4,913
    oxoman wrote:
    CB sod all sadly as i was stuck at work.

    I'm less willing to try this approach - i'll hope all is resolved soon enough!

    Work IP is not blocked so i guess killing time there is still doable and let's be honest, that's the main/only reason most of us post here, right!?
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  • elbowlohelbowloh Posts: 7,078
    Chris Bass wrote:
    oxoman wrote:
    CB sod all sadly as i was stuck at work.

    I'm less willing to try this approach - i'll hope all is resolved soon enough!

    Work IP is not blocked so i guess killing time there is still doable and let's be honest, that's the main/only reason most of us post here, right!?
    IT always seems to be my work IP that gets blocked every couple of weeks.
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  • elbowlohelbowloh Posts: 7,078
    i'm seemingly having to get the IP unblocked every few days now.
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  • chris_basschris_bass Posts: 4,913
    elbowloh wrote:
    i'm seemingly having to get the IP unblocked every few days now.

    how do you get it unblocked? mine just seemed to work again after a while
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  • elbowlohelbowloh Posts: 7,078
    Chris Bass wrote:
    elbowloh wrote:
    i'm seemingly having to get the IP unblocked every few days now.

    how do you get it unblocked? mine just seemed to work again after a while
    you have to complete a form with the IP address and IP host name asking for it to be removed.
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  • slowbikeslowbike Posts: 8,498
    what ISP are you using?
  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,629
    I'm guessing it's a BR server issue as when I get blocked I'm always on ee 4g mobile network. Works internet / intranet is so tight it's pretty much unusable for anything hence using mobile network.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • slowbikeslowbike Posts: 8,498
    I guess so - I do block sc/pam IPs from browsing our company website - but they're mostly russian ... I wouldn't generally be blocking EE's ones as I know they're not static ...
  • elbowlohelbowloh Posts: 7,078
    Today:

    Been blocked

    requested and go release

    Been blocked again.

    All in the space of about 3 hours.
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  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 24,036
    It happened once. I just ignored it and enjoyed the peace and quiet.
    It went away.
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  • itboffinitboffin Posts: 20,050
    elbowloh wrote:
    Today:

    Been blocked

    requested and go release

    Been blocked again.

    All in the space of about 3 hours.

    Must be down to your frequency in the rants section :lol:
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  • lincolndavelincolndave Posts: 9,441
    PBlakeney wrote:
    It happened once. I just ignored it and enjoyed the peace and quiet.
    It went away.

    It’s happened twice to me both times I was staying in a hotel , different hotels , both times it was fine for 10 to 12 days then out of the blue ip address blocked, on the next day everything was fine, very odd to say the least
  • itboffinitboffin Posts: 20,050
    happened to me yesterday whilst using 4G
    Rule #5 // Harden The censored Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • chris_basschris_bass Posts: 4,913
    itboffin wrote:
    happened to me yesterday whilst using 4G

    yeah - think there might be something in that - i always hotspot off my phone so am always using mobile data
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