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Your IP as you gave it traces to Mt Laurel, New Jersey, several hundred miles from the Great Lakes area. What's up with that discrepancy? [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 09:32, 29 September 2007 (EDT) | Your IP as you gave it traces to Mt Laurel, New Jersey, several hundred miles from the Great Lakes area. What's up with that discrepancy? [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 09:32, 29 September 2007 (EDT) | ||
| + | :Hmm. Comcast is headquartered in New Jersey, I believe. My specific IP is allocated to Comcast customers in Michigan. Following is the whois result I get: | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | $ whois 71.238.113.184 | ||
| + | Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. JUMPSTART-5 (NET-71-224-0-0-1) | ||
| + | 71.224.0.0 - 71.239.255.255 | ||
| + | Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. MICHIGAN-32 (NET-71-238-0-0-1) | ||
| + | 71.238.0.0 - 71.238.255.255 | ||
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| + | # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2007-09-28 19:10 | ||
| + | # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database. | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| + | Not sure what's up with the discrepancy exactly; Comcast gives weird whois results quite often. I've tried IP geolocation sites, and they consistently give me results in MI, which is where I live. [[User:ChrisChan|ChrisChan]] 09:37, 29 September 2007 (EDT) | ||
Revision as of 13:37, September 29, 2007
Your IP as you gave it traces to Mt Laurel, New Jersey, several hundred miles from the Great Lakes area. What's up with that discrepancy? Karajou 09:32, 29 September 2007 (EDT)
- Hmm. Comcast is headquartered in New Jersey, I believe. My specific IP is allocated to Comcast customers in Michigan. Following is the whois result I get:
$ whois 71.238.113.184
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. JUMPSTART-5 (NET-71-224-0-0-1)
71.224.0.0 - 71.239.255.255
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. MICHIGAN-32 (NET-71-238-0-0-1)
71.238.0.0 - 71.238.255.255
# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2007-09-28 19:10
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.
Not sure what's up with the discrepancy exactly; Comcast gives weird whois results quite often. I've tried IP geolocation sites, and they consistently give me results in MI, which is where I live. ChrisChan 09:37, 29 September 2007 (EDT)