# Need help with IP...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-ip/65821>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 18, 2001, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-ip/65821 "2001-05-18T13:33:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RAWisSYDNEY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@RAWisSYDNEY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWisSYDNEY)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-ip/65821/1 "2001-05-18T13:33:13Z")

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Well i got banned from a website, and now they have banned my IP, since i am on Cable, there is no way i know of to make my IP appear different, in order to get me back on the site. Can anyone help?

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-ip/65821/2 "2001-05-18T13:53:27Z")

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You must be joking.

I don’t think you’ll find anyone willing to help you break the rules of that site. If you were banned for a good reason, then you should learn from whatever you did wrong and ask nicely to return. Even if it was for a bad reason, it’s unreasonable to expect people here to help you break whatever terms that website has.

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-ip/65821/3 "2001-05-18T14:23:22Z")

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Heh.

Would you mind explaining us what you were banned for? We’re really interested in that sort of thing, you see.

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**Author:** ![nickc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@nickc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nickc)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-ip/65821/4 "2001-05-18T14:48:57Z")

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could you henceforth use ‘ip address’, instead of just ‘ip’? simply using IP lends itself to ambiguity.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-ip/65821/5 "2001-05-18T17:13:23Z")

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We do not need nor want this sort of discussion on this message board. If you want to get back in somewhere you’ve been banned, then you need to talk to the people who banned you. End of story.