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Hello,
I have got a big problem with one of the users of my forum, who is destroying the community. I have banned him, but he enters the site from different IP addresses. The common in the IPs is the beginning 83.30.
Do you have any idea how I can deal with this problem?
you could block his username and or email so he cant sign in and sign up
Unfortunately he is changing his username and e-mail too 
Just ban 83.30 then.
I tried with 83.30* but there was an error message that there is no such IP.
Don't use a * 
Oh, and just in case you wanted some info on that range:
inetnum: 83.30.0.0 - 83.30.255.255
netname: NEOSTRADA-ADSL
descr: Neostrada Plus
descr: Katowice
country: PL
remarks: ! - ! - ! - ! - ! - !
remarks: Contact to ABUSE TP S.A. :
remarks: abuse@tpnet.pl
remarks: ! - ! - ! - ! - ! - !
I would try reporting him to his ISP, I know they sometimes respond and punish the user.
Thanks a lot! You are great!
Smartys, how do you think, is there any way to deal with the problem instead of banning all users from Katowice region (about 5 mln people live there)?
there isnt much. its totally impossible to completley ban a user. just wait till he finds out what a proxy is
What is proxy?
Smartys, how do you think, is there any way to deal with the problem instead of banning all users from Katowice region (about 5 mln people live there)?
You're not banning 5 million people. 83.30 only covers approx. 65000 IP addresses. From 83.30.0.0 to 83.30.255.255.
What is proxy?
a proxy is (i have no clue) which allows you to temperaliy change your ip address. its very easy and i just found a tool that changes my proxy every 1sec-60min 
But is it possible to change the IP when it is not the IP of your computer but the IP of the provider?
You're not banning 5 million people. 83.30 only covers approx. 65000 IP addresses. From 83.30.0.0 to 83.30.255.255.
Yes, you are righ, I wrote theoretically 
Smartys, how do you think, is there any way to deal with the problem instead of banning all users from Katowice region (about 5 mln people live there)?
Report them to their ISP? Give them times and IPs and leave the rest to them. It's worth a try
What is ISP?
Internet Service Provider
Just send an email to abuse@tpnet.pl telling them what happened, including specific IPs/times
I will do that. Thanks a lot!
But is it possible to change the IP when it is not the IP of your computer but the IP of the provider?
i think i understand what your saying, and yes, you can. forgot how to do it for IE, but FF is much better anyway. for FF (FireFox) click Tools, Options, General, Connection Settings, then type in the ip and port of the proxy, and, tada!
if your on dialup, reconnect and you have a new IP so hes pobably on dialup
edit: lookign a the whois data hes on ADSL with a dynamic IP :S
Don't use a *
Oh, and just in case you wanted some info on that range:
inetnum: 83.30.0.0 - 83.30.255.255
netname: NEOSTRADA-ADSL
descr: Neostrada Plus
descr: Katowice
country: PL
remarks: ! - ! - ! - ! - ! - !
remarks: Contact to ABUSE TP S.A. :
remarks: abuse@tpnet.pl
remarks: ! - ! - ! - ! - ! - !I would try reporting him to his ISP, I know they sometimes respond and punish the user.
Smartys, where did you get all this information?
My problematic user changed the IP to 80.48
Edward, you can get the information from applications like Norton Internet Security.
This is the latest one I got
inetnum: 83.27.128.0 - 83.27.255.255
netname: NEOSTRADA-ADSL
descr: Neostrada Plus
descr: Poznan
country: PL
remarks: ! - ! - ! - ! - ! - !
remarks: Contact to ABUSE TP S.A. :
remarks: abuse@tpnet.pl
remarks: ! - ! - ! - ! - ! - !
admin-c: TPHT
tech-c: HT2189-RIPE
status: ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by: TPNET
changed: hostmaster@tpnet.pl 20031211
source: RIPE
% RIPE database, last updated Sep 21, 2004 12:10:28 AM
So my question is, now that I have this information, What can I do to stop this person from attempting to connect to my machine?
Edward, you can get the information from applications like Norton Internet Security.
Actually, ARIN and the other whois databases are useful for this 
And what do you mean, connecting to your machine? You talking about your forums or no?
Smartys, bascically I got a message from my Norton Internet Security saying that a NetBus Trojan is attempting to connect to my computer.
No I don't have a forum, wouldn't know how to set up one :)
lol
That's not nice
Download the free ZoneAlarm?
Edit: I assume that if it's telling you that, it's also blocking it
But I doubt it's really that bad, probably just Norton over-reacting
abuse@tpnet.pl
Send info to those and you have done what you can. If it's an abuse/spam/virus matter...
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