How can my IP address be found this way?

[Ian]

I have been playing an online game and been banned (the reasons will remain
my secret - perhaps!)
The administrators of the game (self appointed, no democracy) claim they
have banned my IP address.

My question is this: how can they find my IP address when I run Zone Alarm
and besides, I thought I would register a different IP address on each
login? I am concerned about this because I wonder if there is a "hole" that
hackers can get into.

I use an ISDN dial up connection (128kpbs for those non UK readers) and XP
Home.

Any tips on bypassing this ban I'm under would also be gratefully received,
oh in that case I'd better tell you why I got banned! I swore a bit after
getting drunk and beaten! Now I've apologised, so don't any of you (Yes Kim
Kuttral!) come back and get all self righteous on me! Besides which, there
shouldn't have been anyone on there under 13 years, ie an adult in todays
terms!

Ian

 

[Phil \(a.k.a. purplehaz\)]

Your ip address is a public thing that anyone can see find out. Firewalls do
not hide ip addresses, they simple block or hide ports on your computer.
Most games, chat rooms, etc... can look up your ip address with a simple
script. Any website you visit sees your ip address, this is how the
computers "communicate". Everyone has to have an ip address. I can get your
ip address from the properties of your post in here. Is it: 81.144.76.81
So that's how anyone can see your ip. Its just a fact of the internet. It
has nothing to do with getting hacked or security holes.
Since you have ISDN, which is considered "always on" broadband you get the
same ip address 9 out of ten times you connect(maybe more like 90 out of
100). It rarely changes. Mine on cable broadband changes maybe twice a year.
This is how most broadband works. It's dhcp, but you generally get the same
ip over and over.
The only way to get around the ban would be to get another ip address. On
cable to get it to change you can un-plug the modem from the computer and
un-plug its power, wait a few minutes, then plug it all back in and turn
computer on. You'll usually get a new ip. Worth a try.

 

[kurttrail]

I have been playing an online game and been banned (the reasons will
remain my secret - perhaps!)
The administrators of the game (self appointed, no democracy) claim
they have banned my IP address.

My question is this: how can they find my IP address when I run Zone
Alarm and besides, I thought I would register a different IP address
on each login? I am concerned about this because I wonder if there
is a "hole" that hackers can get into.

I use an ISDN dial up connection (128kpbs for those non UK readers)
and XP Home.

Any tips on bypassing this ban I'm under would also be gratefully
received, oh in that case I'd better tell you why I got banned! I
swore a bit after getting drunk and beaten! Now I've apologised, so
don't any of you (Yes Kim Kuttral!) come back and get all self
righteous on me! Besides which, there shouldn't have been anyone on
there under 13 years, ie an adult in todays terms!

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=free+proxy+servers

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[Plato]

I have been playing an online game and been banned (the reasons will remain
my secret - perhaps!)
The administrators of the game (self appointed, no democracy) claim they
have banned my IP address.

My question is this: how can they find my IP address when I run Zone Alarm

Your IP address has to be known by the website you visit so it knows
where to send the page data to.

 

[NobodyMan]

Your ip address is a public thing that anyone can see find out. Firewalls do
not hide ip addresses, they simple block or hide ports on your computer.
Most games, chat rooms, etc... can look up your ip address with a simple
script. Any website you visit sees your ip address, this is how the
computers "communicate". Everyone has to have an ip address. I can get your
ip address from the properties of your post in here. Is it: 81.144.76.81
So that's how anyone can see your ip. Its just a fact of the internet. It
has nothing to do with getting hacked or security holes.
Since you have ISDN, which is considered "always on" broadband you get the
same ip address 9 out of ten times you connect(maybe more like 90 out of
100). It rarely changes. Mine on cable broadband changes maybe twice a year.
This is how most broadband works. It's dhcp, but you generally get the same
ip over and over.
The only way to get around the ban would be to get another ip address. On
cable to get it to change you can un-plug the modem from the computer and
un-plug its power, wait a few minutes, then plug it all back in and turn
computer on. You'll usually get a new ip. Worth a try.

It's worth a try, but in the modern broadband world more often that
not you won't get a new IP. The routing table at the ISP end
remembers your modem by it's MAC address. You can unplug and replug
and power up, even for a couple of days, but the table still
associates that IP with that MAC address until the lease on the IP is
up, which, in my experience, is usually at LEAST two weeks. That's a
bit long for a gamer to be off line.

 

[Bossman]

I have to help a friend who owns a phone company release and renew the
ip add of a server for one of his customers. What do you recommend
as the easiest way to do this?