Thanks Ed; On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 09:23 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > William Case wrote: > > Hi; > > > > My question is quite narrow. I am not looking for generalized > > explanations of IPv4. > Use "whois" to glean information... > > egreshko@misty winXPPro-EN]$ whois 64.71.255.198 > [Querying whois.arin.net] > [whois.arin.net] > OrgName: Rogers Cable Communications Inc. > OrgID: RCC-104 > Address: One Mount Pleasant > City: Toronto > StateProv: ON > PostalCode: M4Y-2Y5 > Country: CA > > NetRange: 64.71.240.0 - 64.71.255.255 > CIDR: 64.71.240.0/20 > NetName: ROGERS-CAB-104 > NetHandle: NET-64-71-240-0-1 > Parent: NET-64-0-0-0-0 > NetType: Direct Assignment > NameServer: NS2.YM.RNC.NET.CABLE.ROGERS.COM > NameServer: NS2.WLFDLE.RNC.NET.CABLE.ROGERS.COM > NameServer: NS3.YM.RNC.NET.CABLE.ROGERS.COM > NameServer: NS3.WLFDLE.RNC.NET.CABLE.ROGERS.COM > Comment: > RegDate: 2004-03-08 > Updated: 2006-12-05 > > OrgTechHandle: IPMAN-ARIN > OrgTechName: IP MANAGE > OrgTechPhone: +1-416-935-4729 > OrgTechEmail: ipmanage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Yes. I have used whois or jwhois. I guess just by looking at 64.71.255.198 I can't tell much, but have to use whois to find out more. I was wondering if say, all Broadcast companies are grouped as 64.70.xxx.xxx to 64.90.xxx.xxx or some such scheme -- but I guess not. Not much point to it, on thinking about it. -- Regards Bill; Fedora 9, Gnome 2.22.3 Evo.2.22.3.1, Emacs 22.2.1 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
