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    What IP is the device getting? If the device wont tell you, try connecting to a server where you can pull the logs and see the IP there. If the IP is in the 1918 ranges then it's getting NAT somewhere in the line. In any case the IPs get routed through an ASN Gateway which might also be doing some sort of NAT. Cellular size IP networks are somewhat complicated...
    – Chris S
    Commented Feb 10, 2012 at 19:16
  • Our last IP was 166.147.104.159
    – Caimen
    Commented Feb 10, 2012 at 19:27
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    It's not so much "complicated" but rather "the carrier is trying to save on IP addresses by NATing everyone and hoping they won't notice", since it is much harder to notice on a cellphone. My previous carrier used to do that for mobile internet.
    – grawity_u1686
    Commented Feb 10, 2012 at 19:27
  • I just need to confirm what "NATing" means. Does that mean several devices are all effectively under the same IP, sending requests out under the same IP?
    – Caimen
    Commented Feb 10, 2012 at 19:30
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    It means that requests from several different devices will be seen, from the point of view of a server on the Internet, as having originated from the same IP address. This is one of the many reasons that rate-limiting by IP (rather than by account or some other way) is generally considered to be bone-headed (except for handling obvious, mass abuse).
    – David Schwartz
    Commented Feb 10, 2012 at 19:48