Resolving IP numbers?

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From: Lois Patterson
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 00:00

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How do you resolve an IP address to determine the ISP or company that it
belongs to?

For example, Westel owns at least some of the (I hope that's the right word) 
204.244.x.x addresses.  But if you do a whois on 204.244.x (where x is some 
3-digit number) you cannot find out which company or ISP it is (or at least 
I don't know how).

Also, how is it that some hits in an access log show up with the name of 
the company or ISP, but others show up by ISP number only?  What is the 
configuration difference?

Is it possible to do a lookup on .ca domains like you can with .com and .net
domains (through whois)?  Or for that matter can one do a lookup on 
.au and other country domains?

These are definitely amateur questions -- I hope someone has the answers!



Thanks,

Lois Patterson
lois@infomatch.com
http://www.greatstar.com/lois/

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