Ed Greshko wrote: > William Case wrote: > > > 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. > > You are correct. The IP address alone won't tell you much. They may > be > some rhyme or reason as to how they are doled out...but the > rhyme/reason is not consistent over all of the world. And the > rhyme/reason is most likely predicated on the physical. http://xkcd.com/195/ provides an interesting perspective :-) -Chris -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
