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aliferste
07-07-2003, 00:59
Hi there, do NTL distribute IP addresses geographically?
Like if the numbers of an ip addy are close together does that mean that they live close together?
More or less. IPs are numbered equivilent of hostnames, and they are created in groups of areas...
For example
80.1.121.1 = public1-walt4-3-cust1.walt.broadband.ntl.com
80.1.121.2 = public1-walt4-3-cust2.walt.broadband.ntl.com
80.1.121.3 = public1-walt4-3-cust3.walt.broadband.ntl.com
And are all on the Waltham Forest London borough part of the network. Its the part of the network your connected to, not nescessarily your town. I think Coventry users are actually connected to the Birmingham network.
Originally posted by aliferste
Like if the numbers of an ip addy are close together does that mean that they live close together?
Nope, a relative of mine had IP very close to mine but lives a distance away. It doesn't work like that.;)
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