Using a different router.

[sweetie]

Hi,

I wasn't able to change my IP address by the method in eBay Stealth but I have another router and when I connect my laptop to it it shows a different IP address when I check with IPBurger.

My questions are -

1. Is that enough, or can they see your MAC address?

2. Is it ok that every time I sign in to ebay I have a different IP address or will that arouse suspicion?

Thanks.

[MM78]

Answers:

1: EBay/PP cannot see your Mac Address.

2. It's perfectly safe to have a different IP every time, make sure to log your IP changes with each account.

[GTB]

how many accounts are you operating/planning on operating on sweetie ?

if your running one account, then as long as the ip is different to the one you used with your banned eb ay/pay pal accounts then that is fine

if more than one account then i really do believe the best way to deal with the ip address issue is a dongle

pay as you go or a contract

£10 approx a month is well worth paying as the time you will be saving from messing about changing the ip can be used to earn more money

multiple accounts + dongle =

[GTB]

and as MM78 mentioned already

as far as we know eb ay/pay pal do not track mac address

[sweetie]

It's just one account at the moment, but I would like to get another one at the one I'm using has a selling limit of 10 items/£650 per month which isn't enough to live on.

The dongle option would require me to get a mobile phone signal wouldn't it? If so then that's a problem as I have no signal at all where I live.

[GTB]

heres a few links to check coverage in your area

Coverage Checker | Orange.co.uk

Check Vodafone UK's Mobile and Internet Coverage*– Vodafone

Signal & Coverage - Support - Three

[sweetie]

According to those links there is no service for Three and Vodafone but possibly a weak signal for Orange. There is nothing for O2, my mobile phone is with them and I have to go a mile to get a signal. The trouble is it's all mountains around here.

[GTB]

BT is probably the best broadband provider for the ip address issue

did you say you are with virgin media ?

[sweetie]

No I'm with BT. I don't have much choice with regards to Broadband providers where I live in the Highlands.

[GTB]

your with BT and the ip does not change when you turn router off & on ?

[sweetie]

Hi,

yes the IP does change if I turn the router off. I originally meant I couldn't change it as described in the Stealth Book by accessing the MAC code and changing the numbers, sorry if I was unclear about that.
The book said the second option was to use a different router so I assumed that just having a new IP on the original router wasn't enough, that they could still get information from it to see who I am.

[GTB]

so you are operating on eb ay only correct ?

and you can change your ip address by turning the router off & back on again yeah ?

[sweetie]

Currently I have my original ebay account which I can't sell on, only buy, if I want to use that I use the original router that I always used.
Then I have one other ebay account on which I use another router when I want to sign into it.
Every time I change routers I get a different IP address to what I had the last time it was turned on. The routers are BT homehub 2 and BT homehub 3.

[GTB]

ok good to hear

now you need to keep a log of every ip you use with this eb ay account

and do so for any other accounts you have or are going to set up

good luck

p.s PM me if ya need help with anything

[Stigger]

With bt you have sevral options for getting different ip ranges within the router settings.

BT Is stealthers dream.


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