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[Marc P.]

Originally Posted by Ashley Weed

If the individual really wanted to get around it, couldn't they just assign themselvel a new IP? In my apartment we are wireless, and we reassign IP's to each other to play jokes all the time. Is there any possible to way to truely ban someone? Does their MAC address show at all?

Technically yes, but I'd imagine it wouldn't change the external IP. If you can change your IP at will, chances are you're behind a router using NAT (network address translation). If that's the case, no matter what your internal IP is, it will always register on CD and other sites as your external IP (if you're on broadband... dial-up typically results in a different IP every time you connect... come to think of it, even cable and DSL change randomly, but are generally not under the user's control)

As a random note, to find out your external IP, or the IP that sites like CD will see, go to http://www.whatismyip.com.