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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?

punky
07-07-2003, 01:23
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.

Martin
07-07-2003, 15:07
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.;)