Finding out if an IP address is static or dynamic?

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Published on 2010-05-18T15:40:22Z Indexed on 2010/05/18 16:40 UTC
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I run a large bulletin board and I get spammers every now and again. My moderation team does a good job filtering them out but every time I IP ban them they seem to come back (I'm pretty sure it's the same person on some occasions, as the post patterns are exactly the same as are the usernames) but I'm afraid to ban them by IP address every time.

If they are on a dynamic IP address, I could be banning innocent users later down the line when they try to get to my forum through SERPs, but if I ban only via static IPs I know that I'm only banning that one person.

So, is there a way to properly determine if an IP address is static or dynamic?

Thanks.

Finding out if an IP address is static or dynamic?

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Published on 2010-05-18T15:40:22Z Indexed on 2010/05/18 16:51 UTC
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I run a large bulletin board and I get spammers every now and again. My moderation team does a good job filtering them out but every time I IP ban them they seem to come back (I'm pretty sure it's the same person on some occasions, as the post patterns are exactly the same as are the usernames) but I'm afraid to ban them by IP address every time.

If they are on a dynamic IP address, I could be banning innocent users later down the line when they try to get to my forum through SERPs, but if I ban only via static IPs I know that I'm only banning that one person.

So, is there a way to properly determine if an IP address is static or dynamic?

Thanks.

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