[FX.php List] Different REMOTE IP each screen

[Roger Moffat]

On Jan 12, 2007, at 6:03 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:

> I am using $_SERVER['HTTP_PC_REMOTE_ADDR'] to log users through a  
> five page registration process.  everything appears to be working  
> fine until today, when I discovered a user's session where the IP  
> address changed with every page over a period of just 2 -3  
> minutes.  For example:
>         XXX.XXX.XXX.001
>         XXX.XXX.XXX.198
>         XXX.XXX.XXX.055
>         XXX.XXX.XXX.135
>         XXX.XXX.XXX.197
>         etc.
>
> For references the user agent reports:
> Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; AOL 9.0; Windows NT 5.1;  
> SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC  
> 4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
>
> What's going on?

The user agent identifies as AOL 9.0.

AOL uses proxy servers, so it's possible that each time he fills out  
a page it's handled by a different proxy server.

Is the xxx.xxx.xxx above all identical?

Does it resolve to an AOL.com IP block?

Roger