No lock-out when changing computers anymore? :: World of Warcraft

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#1 May 27 2014 at 9:49 AM Rating: Default

KojiroSoma

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I was under the impression that, if you did not use a security token, your account would need to be authorized on that diffirent computer through the e-mail each time, however when i installed the game on my laptop and switched over from my PC, i could login just fine.

Is this an error?

Does this only take place on switching between Console <-> PC ?

Does this not take place because of the close proximity of ip adresses?

Or am i missing something else entirely?

(And no, even the phone-based security token isnt an option for me, so i was hoping this piece of added security was still in place...)

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#2 May 27 2014 at 10:21 AM Rating: Excellent

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KojiroSoma wrote:

Does this not take place because of the close proximity of ip adresses?

I'm guessing this is the case. If your PC and laptop are on the same home network, they are probably both accessing the Internet through the one IP address that your ISP gives you. So to the login server, both machines would appear to be the same IP address anyway.

Unless you are paying your ISP for a static IP, you probably get a different IP address once in a great while. The servers have to account for this, so you probably just need an IP address from the same subnet as your previous login to not be hit by this extra verification step.

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#3 May 27 2014 at 10:42 AM Rating: Good

Theonehio

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If you're on a static IP and it's from within the house it LIKELY won't lock you out, it still can but it won't. If you log into a new platform but same IP it won't lock you out usually but can.

It only does if you're on a dynamic IP (most likely to) or a new IP (location) altogether. Having any token will completely get rid of this security feature though.

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