Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 04:03:46PM -0000, Dan Purgert wrote: >> Max Power wrote: >> > My problem is to know the ISP [e.g. GATEWAY = Vodafone, Telecom or AT&T] >> > before starting browsing or any remote connection... >> >> Checking the hostname of an RFC1918 address will nearly never provide >> you with an ISP's name, even if you do it on a residential-gateway >> device provided by them. > > I think the issue here is that he has some sort of unique setup in > which this name resolution actually DOES provide meaningful information, > much to the surprise of everyone else on the mailing list.
That's kind of why I was spelling it out in simple terms -- hadn't seen anyone do that yet (or I missed it). Sometimes ends up being the kick people need for their ah-hah moment. -- |_|O|_| Registered Linux user #585947 |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: 05CA 9A50 3F2E 1335 4DC5 4AEE 8E11 DDF3 1279 A281
