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plateman, 100 different IPs is pretty normal for a single hotlink source. Looking at IP addresses to determine if someone is a hotlinker isn't really a good way to do things. You could end up shutting down a major ISP because 3 or 4 people happen to hit the gallery at the same time.
I would be much more interested to see the SOURCE of the links... where are these people all coming from?
I had one the other day from a japanese chatroom. On IPs, I probably got hit by 5000 different IPS in an hour. But the SOURCE of the hits was one place. One minor adjustment to a global htaccess, and they are not getting there anymore.
Most people aren't just randomly typing in your address - they are coming from somewhere. Blocking that referal source is an important step to removing your hotlinking issues.
Alex
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