[RESOLVED] REMOTE_ADDR Detecting Two IP's

[ThaSpY]

Hi,

I'm using $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] to detect the IP of a visitor to my site so I can determine how many users are online at a given time. However, when I tested this out with my own computer, it randomly gave two different IP's to the script. Is this just some setting on my computer, or is there an alternate PHP function that will genuinely give only one IP per visitor?

Thanks.

[thorpe]

ip's are a pretty unreliable method of keeping track of your clients. most internet users have dynamic ip's, meening every so often it changes. also, alot of people can be on large lan networks all sharing the same visable ip. instead, you might want to try setting a cookie on the client so you can recognise them.