Re: Re:IP addresses and their relationships

Run traceroute(1) which returns all the routers the ping has to go through inorder to arrive at its destination. This gives to idea of where it is. David. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lars Wilhelmsen <lw@ez.no> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 9:56 AM Subject: [PHP] Re:[PHP] IP addresses and their relationships > Hi, > > You could probably do a reverse whois query, to check who "owns" the IP. > If it's an ISP/org, etc the whois output will contain information about the geographical location. > > regards, > > -larsw- > > Original message from: "John Coggeshall" > >Okay I'm a bit off topic... but I got into a debate with a friend of mine > >and was hoping one of you kind souls in the PHP world had an answer for me. > > > >Can one tell the general location of a person based solely on their IP > >address? If so, how? I'm not sure how myself, But I believe that it should > >be possible. > > > >Any ideas or Yay/Nays? > > > >John > > > > > >-- > >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > -- > Lars Wilhelmsen <lw@ez.no>, developer @ eZ Systems <www.ez.no> > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >