Hit counter on Blog not working properly...

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I'm after a bit of advice from anyone who knows about blogs and hit counters. I got a free hit counter from Bravenet and there is an option on there to ignore my own hits when I look at my blog. This works well on my husband's computer where I set up the hit counter, but whenever I look at it on my computer it counts my hits too! My traffic is non-existant really, but I'd like to know if I ever get any genuine readers. While it's recording the hits I make on my computer it's all a bit confusing. (I can just about work it out while the numbers are so low, but I feel with a hit counter installed I shouldn't have to work it out myself!) Does anyone else find this? Can you only get it to ignore your own hits on one computer? How do I get it to ignore my hits on all computers? Am I doing something wrong? Am I overestimating what it can do? lol?! Grateful if anyone can help, as I'm confused!