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#1 Feb 05 2005 at 9:04 PM Rating: Decent
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help me out. How do I keep this from happening? It just started doing this about a week ago. I'll d/c and then It will say that the IP adress that I recieved automatically reset and I need to reset my system. Kind of annoying when you're in the middle of a pull.

Thanks in advance.
#2 Feb 06 2005 at 12:48 PM Rating: Good
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Are you behind a router, or directly connected to a modem?
#3 Feb 06 2005 at 1:01 PM Rating: Decent
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details would probably be good huh? My bad. Im behind a router. Thanks again.
#4 Feb 06 2005 at 7:21 PM Rating: Good
It sounds like some sort of odd proxy error.

Proxy servers are 'middleman' servers between your computer and the Internet. You can route your Internet connection through a proxy to mask your IP address, and some businesses do it to share a server across many computers.
There are also malware programs called 'dialers' that will route your computer through a proxy, in order to track your usage information. If you've had your browser hijacked recently, popups that come out of nowhere, any reason to believe that you might have a dialer on your system, check out Spybot Search & Destroy. This program should find and remove anything that might be diverting you through a proxy.

Otherwise it could be a router error, or bad settings on your router. If set all IP addresses manually across your network, and make them static, it should fix the problem.
Since it just came out of nowhere though, my guess is that there's a malware program that's messing with you.
#5 Feb 06 2005 at 8:27 PM Rating: Decent
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Thanks Sioux. Now could I get that in laymans terms?

It was late when I started this and I know I left out many details when I posted. I should mention that I'm, yes its true, a PS2 user.

I only have to survive until tomarrow, I'll call the support staff. If that will even help me any.

Thanks again!
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