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WiFi IP address questions

         

Mulachak

9:53 am on Sep 9, 2022 (gmt 0)



I bought an iPhone from AT&T, have nothing but problems with it. Checking my IP address, I have one from AT&T, another one from Hetzner. The same thing happened with my previous iPhone from AT&T. When I access a webpage, the page comes from multiple servers, each sending me a piece of the site. I seem to believe that some cellphones are made with 2 OS', in my case an iOS, the other with a BSD version. They call them 2 in 1. It is extremely difficult to detect this, many, very many developers are involved and they are experts in hiding the fact. I have contacted Apple many times over this but they deny it, they say it's not possible. But it is true and these people have been making me penny less over the years, they won't allow me to work anymore and often when I call a company, my calls are intercepted and one of these people belonging to this group. This group is huge!
I think that would explain the issue that you're talking about. Sometimes the Internet source gets mixed up and you see Hetzner instead of the ISP which a user has the data plan with. I have been told not to check my IP address by some Apple Senior Advisors. They say you could get viruses and these sites which display your IP are not accurate and can't be trusted. I was just told that 2 days ago by Apple when I complained about my second connection to Hetzner.

[edited by: not2easy at 1:04 pm (utc) on Sep 9, 2022]
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Mulachak

10:10 am on Sep 9, 2022 (gmt 0)



I should also mention that my iPhone has 3 devices attached, one is definitely a Mac, an other one headphones and the third an Apple watch. It took me a long time to figure that out. When I notice that they are using an app, I usually go ahead and install the same, I play around with that app and eventually I make some headway. A few days ago I did some major changes on my iPhone and it seems that's what is causing the current AT&T outages. I have been monitoring the outages and the network world for a long time. Many years ago I was the one who hijacked panix.com, everything was swept under the carpet. None of my many phone calls to the parties involved was answered, I was blocked from everything I tried. Not sure if this message will be seen, usually my messages only show on my end but not on the site I posted it, so they make me believe it's out there but it is not. My message can only be seen using my iPhone, not on anyone else's device. Quite interesting, isn't it?

tangor

5:11 am on Sep 11, 2022 (gmt 0)

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Well, Welcome to Webmasterworld!

I've seen it!

Sadly, I don't have iPhone, in fact, I don't have any kind of cell phone, smart or stupid. Can't help you there. But am curious regarding your description of ip addressing. What is your country?

lucy24

4:41 pm on Sep 11, 2022 (gmt 0)

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Wait, stop, rewind.
Checking my IP address, I have one from AT&T, another one from Hetzner
Hetzner, as in kill-on-sight Hetzner, provides IP addresses to ordinary law-abiding humans? How does a site tell which is which.

not2easy

6:49 pm on Sep 11, 2022 (gmt 0)

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Hetzner may host VPNs, Since the actual Hetzner IP is not known, even generically, I cannot guess. I do know from experience that AT&T occasionally is on cloud IPs of various unwanted server farms.

martinibuster

4:27 am on Sep 12, 2022 (gmt 0)

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How or why would ATT be on a cloud server IP? I'm confused.

I thought they're assigned blocks of IPs and that's what they're equipment is hooked up from and shows when customers use their service.

not2easy

1:01 pm on Sep 12, 2022 (gmt 0)

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I would expect that for residential service, but for wi-fi they appear to use what is available. I was at least 80 miles from home when it happened and thought that might be why.

martinibuster

2:48 pm on Sep 12, 2022 (gmt 0)

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Through their WiFi hotspot?
[att.com...]

ATT offers VPN services, so maybe some of the businesses that sign up to offer ATT WiFi Hotspot are doing it through a VPN in order to be ahead of privacy issues.

[business.att.com...]

not2easy

3:22 pm on Sep 12, 2022 (gmt 0)

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I was connected via my iPhone when that happened, my carrier was AT&T. I don't use AT&T any more, for about 3 - 4 years now. I only mentioned it because the OP was referring to using their services.