Internet Activities
The numeric IP address I retrieved from the whatismyip website in Activity 2 was: 68.228.53.242. After I retrieved this number, I copied and pasted it into the ARIN's WHOIS webpage. This only gave me the information that my IP address is attached to the physical address of Cox Communications Inc., at 1400 Lake Hearn Dr., in Atlanta Georgia. Because Cox is my cable and high speed internet provider, this IP address is attached to the company’s location. However, my search results for the IP address 66.253.148.213, turned up some very different results.
Searching for this IP address on the WHOIS webpage provided me with not only the service provider’s (Distributed Management Information Systems, Inc.) physical address, but also the physical location of the Royal Entrada Real Oeste Apartments on University. I was curious to find out why my IP Address only gave the Cox address and why DMIS gave locations of the IP address, so I did what anyone would do when they want some information: I googled it! This led me a Property Solutions industry news article where I learned what exactly this company is:
Noment Networks and Distributed Management Information Systems, Inc., providers of broadband Internet services to multifamily properties and planned communities, have merged to form Fusion Broadband. Fusion’s leaders said that the combination will allow them to offer more support hours and greater local representation in customer markets.
Obviously, this provider links IP addresses to each multifamily property or community location, making it apparent to anyone searching for an IP address a location to where the user’s PC is housed. Not very private is it?
When I did the trace route activity, I observed how the internet is setup; it demonstrated for me the path taken to a desired location. When I first did the tracert activity, I tried to trace the route my computer takes to get to The Nest because it’s a website that I frequent. Of the maximum 30 hops that this trace route command allows, it took me 16 hops to find The Nest. From the command prompt, I could see that my request first went to my internet provider, where the request timed out. It automatically retried the request again. After about 8 more hops I located the IP address for The Nest. However, when I tried to do another trace route on the University of Arizona, it timed on the 14th hop until the trace completed at the 30th hop. I tried another trace with the SIRLS url, but it timed out again on the 14th hop until it was completed.
Next, I looked up some of the “cryptic numeric IP addresses”. I the first hop listed on my successful trace route to The Next was IP address 192.168.2.1 and according WHOIS this is an organization called Internet Assigned Numbers Authority located in Marina Del Ray, California. A google search on this organization tells me that this organization’s mission is “Dedicated to preserving the central coordinating functions of the global Internet for the public good.” Who knew? Obviously, the last IP address was registered to The Knot, Inc., which was the website I was searching for.
I had not previously heard or knowingly used of any of the network commands found on the Computer Hope list. However, after doing the WHOIS exercises to find IP addresses and trace route to find IP address locations, I recognized the WHOIS and TRACERT commands.
Anyone who has been using email, forum discussions (like internet message boards) and listservs is bound to come across some netiquette violations ranging from the minor to flagrant. I have witnessed numerous communications that violated the Number One Rule in Netiqute: THEY WERE SHOUTING AT ME FOR NO REASON!
And of course anyone with an email account or that belongs to a chat forum is vulnerable to those pesky spam messages, a violation of Netiquette Rule Number 5. Isn’t there always a stock opportunity that you just can’t pass up? And for some reason every message board has a few people posting totally unrelated comments. Also mentioned in Netiquette #5, I got flamed in a message board for accidentally posting my message twice. It happened when I refreshed my browser which somehow caused the message to be posted again. Whoops!
All the text messagers out there, like myself, already knows all the common abbreviations in Netiquette Number 7, so I won’t go into that.
And finally, as personal aside, I think a new rule should be added to the netiquette list. I can’t help but be annoyed at the overly frequent use of emotions used in emails. Do I really need to see all those smiley faces? I get your point after the first one, so PLEASE people, do your part to stop smiley face abuse! :-<
Searching for this IP address on the WHOIS webpage provided me with not only the service provider’s (Distributed Management Information Systems, Inc.) physical address, but also the physical location of the Royal Entrada Real Oeste Apartments on University. I was curious to find out why my IP Address only gave the Cox address and why DMIS gave locations of the IP address, so I did what anyone would do when they want some information: I googled it! This led me a Property Solutions industry news article where I learned what exactly this company is:
Noment Networks and Distributed Management Information Systems, Inc., providers of broadband Internet services to multifamily properties and planned communities, have merged to form Fusion Broadband. Fusion’s leaders said that the combination will allow them to offer more support hours and greater local representation in customer markets.
Obviously, this provider links IP addresses to each multifamily property or community location, making it apparent to anyone searching for an IP address a location to where the user’s PC is housed. Not very private is it?
When I did the trace route activity, I observed how the internet is setup; it demonstrated for me the path taken to a desired location. When I first did the tracert activity, I tried to trace the route my computer takes to get to The Nest because it’s a website that I frequent. Of the maximum 30 hops that this trace route command allows, it took me 16 hops to find The Nest. From the command prompt, I could see that my request first went to my internet provider, where the request timed out. It automatically retried the request again. After about 8 more hops I located the IP address for The Nest. However, when I tried to do another trace route on the University of Arizona, it timed on the 14th hop until the trace completed at the 30th hop. I tried another trace with the SIRLS url, but it timed out again on the 14th hop until it was completed.
Next, I looked up some of the “cryptic numeric IP addresses”. I the first hop listed on my successful trace route to The Next was IP address 192.168.2.1 and according WHOIS this is an organization called Internet Assigned Numbers Authority located in Marina Del Ray, California. A google search on this organization tells me that this organization’s mission is “Dedicated to preserving the central coordinating functions of the global Internet for the public good.” Who knew? Obviously, the last IP address was registered to The Knot, Inc., which was the website I was searching for.
I had not previously heard or knowingly used of any of the network commands found on the Computer Hope list. However, after doing the WHOIS exercises to find IP addresses and trace route to find IP address locations, I recognized the WHOIS and TRACERT commands.
Anyone who has been using email, forum discussions (like internet message boards) and listservs is bound to come across some netiquette violations ranging from the minor to flagrant. I have witnessed numerous communications that violated the Number One Rule in Netiqute: THEY WERE SHOUTING AT ME FOR NO REASON!
And of course anyone with an email account or that belongs to a chat forum is vulnerable to those pesky spam messages, a violation of Netiquette Rule Number 5. Isn’t there always a stock opportunity that you just can’t pass up? And for some reason every message board has a few people posting totally unrelated comments. Also mentioned in Netiquette #5, I got flamed in a message board for accidentally posting my message twice. It happened when I refreshed my browser which somehow caused the message to be posted again. Whoops!
All the text messagers out there, like myself, already knows all the common abbreviations in Netiquette Number 7, so I won’t go into that.
And finally, as personal aside, I think a new rule should be added to the netiquette list. I can’t help but be annoyed at the overly frequent use of emotions used in emails. Do I really need to see all those smiley faces? I get your point after the first one, so PLEASE people, do your part to stop smiley face abuse! :-<
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