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Pixeltor
post Aug 24 2010, 10:01 PM
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Hi I am looking to monitor traffic on my website. Ip addresses change often so i was wondering if it is possible to get a person's MAC address, that way I can be certain of new visitors or returning viewers.

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swordz
post Aug 24 2010, 10:48 PM
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No, as the reported MAC address (to our server) won't be the users MAC, but the datacenters MAC.

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Pixeltor
post Aug 26 2010, 07:58 PM
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so there is no way, even if javascript could run something?

if so, are ip's the only option to monitor traffic?
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post Aug 26 2010, 11:19 PM
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Security settings quite sensibly deny MAC addresses from javascript.

You've also got cookies to play with... Try cookies for keeping track over a long period, IP for short periods.

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Pixeltor
post Aug 30 2010, 03:52 PM
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ah yes, I had forgotten about cookies, thank you very much.

one last question, how would forums ban people effectively?
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post Sep 9 2010, 12:04 PM
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Hi you can try to use ProteMac Meter.It’s tool record of your network and Internet traffic.It’s must be helpful to your.It’s really good tool.
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