IP Address Vs Authenticated Usernames (all users will be using same IP address as intranet)

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Peter Gregory
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We are going to potentially use this software to analyse statistics for a company's intranet. Potentially all users will come from the same IP address. Will this effect the result? Or does the software base a "unique" on authentication username?
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Michael
Quote from Roy Haroush
Hi,
to elaborate the question, if the website returns some kind of unique ID(session ID) for each session, can this be based in the reports as a unique to idenfity unique visitors ?

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Roy
No, the program can only use IP addresses to identify visitors.
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Roy Haroush
Hi,
to elaborate the question, if the website returns some kind of unique ID(session ID) for each session, can this be based in the reports as a unique to idenfity unique visitors ?

Thanks,

Roy
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Michael
Unfortunately the program won't be able to show correct information on visitors if they all come from the same IP.

The program determines number of visitors by the IP addresses. If a request from an IP address came after some time (timeout) since the last request from this IP, it is considered to belong to a different visitor. Requests from spiders aren't used to determine visitors unless the “Count spiders as visitors” option is enabled.