Strange Question About IPs

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Well, I think it might be strange anyway.

Okay so....short version (I think).... I encountered a person on a message board who I thought might be a case of multiple identities. It was really bugging me because there was a very sensitive story behind this person, so I had a personal interest in the matter...and no, I don't normally worry about stuff like this...but this was a special case for me.

So I did the unethical and asked my friend who was/is the admin if this was so and so's IP...which I provided privately via PM. We had moderated at one time together so he was cool with it. He checked and said no and gave me the IP of said person. I did a check. Okay. Service provider was not even within the same vicinity but in fact on opposite sides of the states.

Well...that should have been enough...but it really wasn't because I swear everything this person said was getting under my skin...everything...I mean everything was so very familiar...that I couldn't let it go.

So I asked another friend of mine who works w/computers if there was any possibility this person could be who I thought it was. He asked if this person had access to a network of computers...and the answer of course was yes...because that's what he did at his job. He said he thought it might be possible to dial up a remote location and post...that the IP might show up as being a totally different one from this person's actual ISP...and that my admin friend probably didn't know what he was talking about. However, he also said he wasn't sure.

I just want to know if this could be true. This is something that has seriously bothered me for a long time now. I would love to put my thoughts behind me, regardless of what the answer is. It's just something really personal to me. I wouldn't bother posting this if it wasn't something that truly bothered me. But it does...still.

Anyone know if this is possible?
 
Hmm...interesting. And thanks for that. I happen to have a pretty good gut instinct about stuff. My gut has been telling me I'm right about that person...regardless of being told I was wrong. I actually made myself sick over this matter...sorry for the melodrama here, but it's the truth. Put it this way, I'm into language (English)...got my degree in it even. I might not be a computer genius, but I have my ways of figuring stuff out. The use of specific words no other people use and punctuation has been just way too obvious for me.

hmmmmm
 
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Is it possible that this person got re-located to the other coast? If not than yes, what Cromewell said is also a definite possibility. (Although we won't discuss exactly how... ;))
 
What about routers?
Doesn't that gives different IPs to outcoming connections?
 
If there's something you can't say on the board, please PM me. I am not asking this for any bad reason. I'm asking because I think I was made a fool of by someone pretty darned important to me. Put it this way, it was part of the reason I left a message board I really liked...and that wasn't easy for me.

No, this person didn't move. I've actually spoken to this person on the phone not all that long ago. The number I called shows the right place on the phone bill....geez.....unless.... this person uses a cellphone from the other side of the coast!!! :eek: No wait! I'm not going there. :P :rolleyes: lol kidding. No the person didn't move.
 
Proxies? Come on a lot easier than that...


All you need is a modem, and a call center to dial into. You get the Ip of that call center, and that location (via IP).

I did it to fool a game Admin who was watching an online game account of mine for multiple accounts.. :)
 
Thank you. I mean it. :) I was actually afraid to post my question because I didn't know how it would be taken. I'm glad I asked now. So I'm not crazy to think this was possible. My admin friend thought I had gone bonkers. Heck, I thought I had gone bonkers too...and it embarrassed me at the time the way I went on about this particular issue. Well well well....
 
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My IP says that I'm in a different country, sometimes the internet provider shows up, so it may not be where he is.
 
But to pull one over on a friend, it it an easy way to look like you are somewhere else. Also, most DSL/CABLE providers give FREE dialup access as a backup for when their services go down. So it would cost nothing, but the long distance charges... Even then with VO-IP it is low.

Be careful with what he/she is saying.
 
Ha. I do have DSL. Trouble is, I don't want to hurt anyone the way I got hurt. Thanks though. I do appreciate your feedback. Been digesting this stuff all day. :(
 
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