IPs can be "masked" as you say. It's called a proxy server. However, I doubt very much that anyone frequenting this forum besides myself and a few other choice members would have any clue as to how to set one up. Unfortunately, it's not possible to ban by MAC address, otherwise all bans would be permanent. IP banning, for the most part, works good enough.

Oh, didnt you know? He is a big, scary cenobite. He will bring hellpain and such.

i remembered one time a whiel ago when my computer first got hooked up that the internet said something like one of the addresses didnt match the network or i had a double addy or something

anyway my bf at the time said that my brother was probbaly fucking around with something. hes good at this sort of schtuf

anyway jujst wondering...

and you would know yes?

But it IS mine.

and yours could be arranged too, ......recorded logs sent to an ISP can work wonders these days.

IP addresses, at least with most ISP's, are handed out on a lease system. His brother had probably tried to take that "leased" IP address and hard code it into the computer, which most definitely causes problems.

Impress? No.

Intimidate? A little.

you are clouded in your little world, I call mayhem, you do know nothing.

Anyone noticed that this is the FIRST time that Darth has made a post that is actually relevant to a topic?...How many times have you been banned Darth?...20?...30?...Horror can see that, you know, plus all of your deleted threads...YOU are the reason for the NEED for IP banning