Log-in/guest issues

[PHoganDive]

Does anyone else have issues when logged in, in that every so often when you click on a thread, it will open that thread as a guest account, instead of under your logged in user name. Seems to happen to me about every 15-20th time. As a guest, it won't let me reply, and it doesn't mark that thread as 'read' after I'm done. If I re-click on it, it will open with me logged in normally. Haven't noticed any pattern to it, just a random failure to open the thread under my log-in.

 

[gnubie]

Might be a cookie problem. Do you have a any cookie cleaners installed for your browser?

 

[PHoganDive]

Nope, doesn't seem to be browser related, does it on firefox and chrome about the same.

 

[gnubie]

Can't say I've had it happen to me. Any chance your router's WAN IP is changing? That may be triggering the forum to force a login. Can you link to a forum post before and after the problem happened?

 

[PHoganDive]

I'm on cable internet and my WAN IP hasn't changed in several weeks. My LAN IPs are fixed...using DHCP messes things up on a power failure in my experience...especially printers...other family members Mac's can't find printers when the IP changes due to DHCP issueing a new IP after a power failure. /rant_off
I open threads in a new window so the 'parent' thread stays open in a window behind it, and that window stays logged in fine, and if I reopen the problem thread, it will be fine...just seems to be something random where the login data isn't applied to the new window on occasion and it comes up as a guest.

 

[PHoganDive]

I think I figured it out...I open new threads in a new window (right click and choose 'open link in a new window' from the list). If I accidentally click on the option right below that, which is 'open link in a new private window' it comes up as a guest login. I'll have to be more careful with my clicks...