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Topic: Too many active users!

Posted By: PrimeraRacer
Subject: Too many active users!
Date Posted: 04 May 2003 at 11:16am

Hi,

I've just looked at my active users page and noticed that there is one persons name repeated over and over again, 5 times infact.

The active users page is as it came with the forum, is anyone else having this issue at all?

I guess I could write something to get round it, just want to know if its a bug or anything!

Cheers

Kev

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Posted By: jasbir
Date Posted: 04 May 2003 at 12:13pm

Username	Logged In	Last Active	Active	Browser	OS
javascript openWin'pop_up_profile.asp?PF=3','profile','toolbar=0,location=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=1,width=590,height=425' - jasbir	05 May 2003 at 2:07am	05 May 2003 at 2:07am	0 minutes	Microsoft IE 6	Windows XP
javascript openWin'pop_up_profile.asp?PF=3','profile','toolbar=0,location=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=1,width=590,height=425' - jasbir	05 May 2003 at 2:06am	05 May 2003 at 2:06am	0 minutes	Microsoft IE 6	Windows XP
javascript openWin'pop_up_profile.asp?PF=3','profile','toolbar=0,location=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=1,width=590,height=425' - jasbir	05 May 2003 at 2:06am	05 May 2003 at 2:06am	0 minutes	Microsoft IE 6	Windows XP
Guest 1	05 May 2003 at 1:58am	05 May 2003 at 1:58am	0 minutes	Microsoft IE 6	Windows XP
Guest 2	05 May 2003 at 1:56am	05 May 2003 at 1:56am	0 minutes	Microsoft IE 6	Windows XP

u mean like this? i m only one login & it tells 3 of me

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Posted By: TYSON
Date Posted: 04 May 2003 at 5:39pm

Do you use AOL by any chance? AOL uses some weird proxy setup so when you visit a site AOL's servers hit it up a few times.

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Posted By: vdub
Date Posted: 05 May 2003 at 12:56am

Yeah I get that alot with AOL users

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Posted By: PrimeraRacer
Date Posted: 05 May 2003 at 10:23am

hehe, at least its not just me lol..... does anyone know if there is gonna be a fix for it in any way.

If not I will write a workaround script to check if the name has already appeared and remove it accordingly!

Lemme know

Cheers

Kev

Posted By: jasbir
Date Posted: 06 May 2003 at 9:04am

I dont use AOL if u cant get rid of it, nothing like it

cheers

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Posted By: kasl_33
Date Posted: 13 July 2003 at 12:26am

There isn't a fix for active user unaccuracy as of now that I know of... The server has a default timeout of 20 minutes.

If a user logs in and logs out right away, it could show them as active for 20 minutes.

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Posted By: DaFool
Date Posted: 15 September 2003 at 6:55pm

was there ever a workaround for this? I have 1 user that this is happening to.

Posted By: wistex
Date Posted: 15 September 2003 at 10:10pm

The problem is that the code tracks users by IP address instead of username. If the code were rewritten to track users by username, it would solve the duplication problem. Guests would still have to be counted by looking at IP addresses because you wouldn't know who they were yet.

Right now the active users list is totally inaccurate because:

Users who use AOL or other organizations who have multiple proxy servers with appear more than once.
Multiple users behind a firewall will appear as one user because they have the same IP address.

The only way to solve the problem is a total rewrite of the active users module based on usernames instead of IP addresses. Luckily most of the code for the IP addresses could still be used for Guests, but new code would have to be written for the rest of it.

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 16 September 2003 at 5:08pm

If people bothred to do a search this has been talked to death a 100 times and I have also mentioned quite a few times that the next version fixes this issue.

Searching does help save people typing the same crap again and again!!!!

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Posted By: wistex
Date Posted: 18 September 2003 at 1:24pm

-boRg- wrote:

If people bothred to do a search this has been talked to death a 100 times and I have also mentioned quite a few times that the next version fixes this issue.

Searching does help save people typing the same crap again and again!!!!

Sorry, I didn't realize it was fixed in the upcoming version. This forum is so busy that it is impossible to read all the posts and notice that.

How about stickying a thread telling us what is coming in the next version. That way it will always be on top.. Most people won't miss that!

I remember you did write a post on the new version, but for the life of me I can't remember where you posted it. Sticky would help!

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