1221, here's a working example of what I find with the id and the ip question.

I've looked back to a post that I made earlier today on this thread and my i.d shows as 1148264. The power to the modem has been disconnected since that post.

you see my i.d is now 1148890

So today I disconnected from the net and when reconnecting to GLP I appear to have been allocated an i.d from a number pool that increments by one per new poster (it makes sense to me anyway).

The ip issue is seperate. I have been banned a number of times of late for no apparent reason. The only way I could access GLP was via a proxy. So my ip is held on the GLP database but my poster i.d can be allocated ad hoc.

IMO, the poster asking about the golden robes dream was one and the same as bezerk OP.