On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 03:17:23PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > Cool, didn't know 'whois' took IPs... nslookup wasn't very useful on > > that IP address. > > Right. If whois doesn't return a result, traceroute (or its > replacements, which I'm less familiar with) may be useful. As these > traverse the network connection, the process is slower.
whois will always return a result; you just have to know how to ask. For addresses assigned by ARIN, do whois -h rs.arin.net net xx.xx.xx If the address is assigned by RIPE, APNIC, etc. you have to ask their whois server instead. HTH, -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Patton
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