# Why is my IP banned at work? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 29, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250 "2011-06-29T13:14:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/1 "2011-06-29T13:14:16Z")
Posting from my phone, so trying to keep it short. I’m blocked from work today, it says my IP address is banned. Noooo! Need the dope at work. Any help? Eta: I sent an email asking an admin, no response yet. So looking for answers here. Turns out I’m a bit addicted to doping at work ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/2 "2011-06-29T13:16:06Z")
A spammer was probably using an IP similar to yours. I will try to figure out what the IP was, but if you can look it up and PM it to me, that would help. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/3 "2011-06-29T13:20:32Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Posting from my phone, so trying to keep it short. I’m blocked from work today, it says my IP address is banned. Noooo! Need the dope at work. Any help? > > Eta: I sent an email asking an admin, no response yet. So looking for answers here. Turns out I’m a bit addicted to doping at work Exact same thing happened to me. We’re bad ip block buddies! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/4 "2011-06-29T13:25:06Z")
Sorry if I didn’t post enough detail here. You can use [sites like this one](http://cqcounter.com/whois/my_ip_address.php) to look up your work IP address on your computer. If you then private message that to me, we’ll figure out the problem and adjust the ban. Right now I don’t see any of your IPs on our banned list, **Nzinga, Seated** , but one must have slipped in. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/5 "2011-06-29T13:26:37Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > A spammer was probably using an IP similar to yours. I will try to figure out what the IP was, but if you can look it up and PM it to me, that would help. I sent a pm, but the short version is that I think you nailed a static business-class address block while stomping on a consumer dsl dhcp block from the same provider, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/6 "2011-06-29T14:00:25Z")
Yes, that’s probably what happened. WHO did you send your PM to? I don’t have any information from you. Can’t fix it if I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/7 "2011-06-29T14:02:48Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Yes, that’s probably what happened. > > WHO did you send your PM to? I don’t have any information from you. Can’t fix it if I don’t know. He sent me a PM. I will forward it to you. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/8 "2011-06-29T14:05:30Z")
I think I’ve found the problem. Please give me a few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/9 "2011-06-29T14:08:35Z")
Everybody should be back now. Our apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/10 "2011-06-29T14:10:26Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Everybody should be back now. Our apologies. Confirming it worked. Thanks very much for the quick response. Mind if I ask what the problem was? My company is using vBulletin and I’m curious. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/11 "2011-06-29T14:16:14Z")
The IP ban list got corrupted. I restored it and now we’re back to where we should be. Again, our apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/12 "2011-06-29T14:28:18Z")
I am risen from the banned, thus proving that yes, I am Jesus Christ. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/13 "2011-06-29T14:35:41Z")
Thanks, guys, for taking care of it so fast. Zerial, we were banned! I felt like a rebel revolutionary! Marley23 was all over this thing, though. Thanks again. I had the Straight Dope shakes over here. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/14 "2011-06-29T14:37:56Z")
> [@muffin](#): > > i am risen from the banned, thus proving that yes, i am jesus christ. I BELIEVE!!!one!!! ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/15 "2011-06-29T14:38:27Z")
Me three. I feel like we should get matching tattoos or something. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/16 "2011-06-29T14:50:57Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Thanks, guys, for taking care of it so fast. Zerial, we were banned! I felt like a rebel revolutionary! Marley23 was all over this thing, though. Thanks again. I had the Straight Dope shakes over here. Yeah, me too. I’m sitting here like–shit, am I actually going to have to WORK today? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/17 "2011-06-29T15:28:22Z")
And I thought it was me getting a slap from Twickster over an insult I hurled in Cafe Society! Wheeew. ---
**Author:** ![CCYMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@CCYMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCYMan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/18 "2011-06-29T17:21:20Z")
I was among the banned too! What kind of tattoo should we get? ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/19 "2011-06-29T18:02:01Z")
I’d just like to say thanks to **Tuba Diva**. I was also banned this morning, I e-mailed her and she got me back up in a very brief time. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250/20 "2011-06-29T18:11:47Z")
We do try to be careful when putting in bans but this was just a technical glitch. Once we had the correct list back in place all was right with the world again. Sorry for any inconvenience to anyone. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250.md?page=2)