30 Aug 10, 10:47PM
To answer your first query Wolf, it doesn't work like that. Static IP addresses and dynamic IP addresses are never (or very rarely) issued from the same blocks or ranges. In other words, if an innocent player is caught in a range ban, it's because she/he has a dynamic IP in the same range. Sometimes large ranges are listed erroneously, when a smaller range would be appropriate, but it requires in-depth analysis of different IPs used at different times by different nicks, something most players don't have the time or resources for.
Regarding titi's post, not all dynamic IPs are issued from the same range. Imagine a cheat appears in 123.45.6.7 and 123.45.89.0 and the 123.45.0.0/16 gets banned. However, his/her ISP issues IPs from this block and 123.67.0.0/16 completely randomly. An innocent player with the same ISP is now going to be banned when on 123.45.0.0/16, but not on 123.67.0.0/16. This happens regularly with, eg. Brazilian and French ISPs.
Regarding titi's post, not all dynamic IPs are issued from the same range. Imagine a cheat appears in 123.45.6.7 and 123.45.89.0 and the 123.45.0.0/16 gets banned. However, his/her ISP issues IPs from this block and 123.67.0.0/16 completely randomly. An innocent player with the same ISP is now going to be banned when on 123.45.0.0/16, but not on 123.67.0.0/16. This happens regularly with, eg. Brazilian and French ISPs.