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Technical News & Discussion => IDNet Help => Topic started by: Tacitus on May 06, 2026, 19:29:37

Title: Banned from Netters??
Post by: Tacitus on May 06, 2026, 19:29:37
For some reason when I try to login to Netters on my iPad I get the msg that I'm banned and the ban is permanent.

When I login using the desktop machine here I am  ;D

Anyone any ideas on what's happening?  I'm using FireFox on the desktop and Safari on the iPad.  My only thought is that I use Firefox uBlock Origin on the desktop and the "Lite" version on the iPad and for some reason the iPad version is blocking something. 
Title: Re: Banned from Netters??
Post by: Simon on May 06, 2026, 20:29:47
Maybe a VPN in play somewhere? 
Title: Re: Banned from Netters??
Post by: Simon on May 06, 2026, 20:44:40
Didn't we have a conversation in PM relating to this?  Could it be your Private Relay hitting on a banned IP again?  I've checked our logs and can only see one IP which isn't your usual one, but that particular one didn't have a ban on it. 
Title: Re: Banned from Netters??
Post by: Tacitus on May 07, 2026, 16:06:30
Quote from: Simon on May 06, 2026, 20:44:40Didn't we have a conversation in PM relating to this?  Could it be your Private Relay hitting on a banned IP again?  I've checked our logs and can only see one IP which isn't your usual one, but that particular one didn't have a ban on it. 
I think that was when I was playing with anonymous proxies.  This time I've done nothing at all and don't use one.  Safari does have its own proxies and since I use that on the iPad it's probably something to do with that.  I use FireFox on the Mini and that appears to have escaped the ban. So far.....

I'll have a play with the Safari setup and see what happens.
Title: Re: Banned from Netters??
Post by: Simon on May 07, 2026, 17:36:15
The problem is, without knowning the IP ranges of the Safari proxies, we can't identify if a ban on those IPs is in place.