Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: I.P. address notification of change or setting up static address Date: 12 Jan 2015 15:54:36 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: <2015010919201647129-tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> <2015011207254435509-tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> X-Trace: individual.net 0pNQPKUHuny2JIEOadDRgg6T9ejPtWcOP8NoUDpdkHRE6VxU2I Cancel-Lock: sha1:A9qmXPdGNyZqMHVNeCwVpnlNiK8= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:68303 On 2015-01-12, Tom Evans wrote: > On 2015-01-10 14:44:45 +0000, Jolly Roger said: > >> On 2015-01-10, Tom Evans wrote: >>> Are these accurate instructions for setting a static I.P. address?: >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3s-We2YdQc >>> >>> I'm trying to get a static I.P. address so that my own clicks on my Web >>> site are excluded from my Web site hits. >>> >>> Or should I use the program called "I.P. Notification" instead? >> >> While you certainly do have control over the IP addresses within your >> local area network (LAN), you do not have control over the IP address of >> your modem or router, since that is assigned by your internet service >> provider. If you have typical home internet service through a cable, >> DSL, or fiber connection, your IP address will be dynamic (not static) >> unless you pay extra for a static IP address. >> >> Can you tell us more about why you want to exclude your IP address? >> Also, what do you mean by "web site hits"? Do you mean the Apache log >> files, or perhaps hit counters on certain web pages, or what? > > I want to exclude my own clicks on my Web site pages from my Google > Analytics Web site statistics for my Web site, so don't get an > artificically inflated number of clcks shown. If you get so little traffic that your own clicks are changing analytics significantly, you've got *very* low traffic. > I've been using I.P. Notification to block my own I.P. address's clicks > from being counted , but recently I noticed that the email notification > I had set up in that program isn't working anymore. The program is > supposed to email me when my exteranl I.P. address changes, to nofitify > me that I must update my I.P. address filtered in Google Analytics. If this really matters to you, using Google Analytics filters to filter out your IP address seems to be the recommended way to go: So it appears you are already doing the right thing. Not sure what to tell you about this "IP Notification" program. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR