pianoman1976
join:2003-04-05 Northridge, CA | Why is my IP so far away?
Shouldn't my IP be a local address? My Road Runner service has my home IP in Virginia - I'm in Los Angeles.
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  watice
@rr.com | Re: Why is my IP so far away? I have no idea where you saw this or what you're looking at, but what you posted has your ip listed correctly..
Dns resolved 24.24.193.148 to gig14-1-resdca1-ars1.socal.rr.com
Southern Cali would probably include LA. | |
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  maartena Stacked. Premium join:2002-05-10 Orange, CA | That's where RoadRunner's headquarters are. All IP addresses of RoadRunner nationwide are registered to that address. | |
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 pianoman1976
join:2003-04-05 Northridge, CA | The last hop, which is disguised, is a VA address. So all RR customers have a VA IP address? | |
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 |   MacLeech The one and only Premium join:2001-07-14 SoCal | Re: Why is my IP so far away? No, it's not a VA address.
Where did you get information your home IP is in Virginia? | |
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 |  |  pianoman1976
join:2003-04-05 Northridge, CA | Re: Why is my IP so far away? Every whois/trace I run shows my IP in Virginia. | |
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  maartena Stacked. Premium join:2002-05-10 Orange, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
| @MacLeech:
My IP address in socal.rr.com gives the following info using the ARIN whois site at »ws.arin.net/whois/
OrgName: Road Runner HoldCo LLC OrgID: RRWE Address: 13241 Woodland Park Road City: Herndon StateProv: VA PostalCode: 20171 Country: US
ReferralServer: rwhois://ipmt.rr.com:4321
NetRange: 66.74.0.0 - 66.75.255.255 CIDR: 66.74.0.0/15 NetName: RR-WEST-2BLK NetHandle: NET-66-74-0-0-1 Parent: NET-66-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Allocation NameServer: DNS1.RR.COM NameServer: DNS2.RR.COM NameServer: DNS3.RR.COM NameServer: DNS4.RR.COM Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE RegDate: 2001-01-30 Updated: 2003-02-11
RTechHandle: ZS30-ARIN RTechName: ServiceCo LLC RTechPhone: +1-703-345-3416 RTechEmail: abuse@rr.com
OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE10-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Abuse OrgAbusePhone: +1-703-345-3416 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@rr.com
OrgTechHandle: IPTEC-ARIN OrgTechName: IP Tech OrgTechPhone: +1-703-345-3416 OrgTechEmail: abuse@rr.com
# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2008-08-28 19:10 # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.
ALL RoadRunner IP addresses - that I am aware off - are registered with the RoadRunner headquarters as the address. As such, applications that do graphical representations of traceroutes on a world map, will always place your "home" IP address in Virginia. Obviously it is not the PHYSICAL location of the IP address, it's just where the IP address is registered to. | |
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 |   MacLeech The one and only Premium join:2001-07-14 SoCal
| Re: Why is my IP so far away? said by maartena :@MacLeech: My IP address in socal.rr.com gives the following info using the ARIN whois site at » ws.arin.net/whois/ I know that, but most people don't do a Whois lookup on their address. Some tools mistakenly do that though.
Just looking at the second to last hop in his LQ report shows it's close to Reseda, CA. | |
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  dcurrey Premium join:2004-06-29 | Ip don't map to addresses. You can get the general area. »ip-address.cc/ come close with me. | |
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 |  NormanS Premium,MVM join:2001-02-14 San Jose, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| Re: Why is my IP so far away? said by dcurrey :Ip don't map to addresses. You can get the general area. » ip-address.cc/ come close with me. Not with me. That site pegs me on Stevenson Blvd., in Fremont, California. Never lived in the East Bay in my entire life; born, and raised, in the South Bay.
Trace route puts me in Pleasanton, California, even farther out than Fremont. Can't rely on anything based on IP address host name, or WHOIS records. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum | |
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 pianoman1976
join:2003-04-05 Northridge, CA | Okay, I think I got it now. Thanks for all the input.  | |
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 |  NormanS Premium,MVM join:2001-02-14 San Jose, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| Re: Why is my IP so far away? The "Map it" function isn't showing the street detail; but there is a geo-locator site which puts me across town. Right city (San José, California), but clear over by Monterey Highway, south, out toward Morgan Hill. About seven, or eight miles off, at least. This one is giving my zip code as, '95101', which is also way off; east of U.S. 101, near Julian and 10th. About twice as far away as Monterey Highway. I am west of Lawrence Expressway. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum | |
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 |  |   amysheehan Premium,VIP,MVM join:1999-12-21 Huntington Beach, CA | Re: Why is my IP so far away?DSLR login hx has me in el segundo CA us rr.com

I was surprised that this map was so darned close.  | |
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join:2008-05-15 Daytona Beach, FL
·RoadRunner Cable
| Re: Why is my IP so far away? Ha Ha, It shows me now living in the "Hi Rent" district with a lake... er strike that, "retention pond" view out the back window! No thanks, I'll stay where I am as that location is in a 100 year flood plain.  | |
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