| 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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| 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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 maartenaElmoPremium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
kudos:1 | reply to pianoman1976
That's where RoadRunner's headquarters are. All IP addresses of RoadRunner nationwide are registered to that address. |
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| reply to pianoman1976
The last hop, which is disguised, is a VA address. So all RR customers have a VA IP address? |
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 MacLeechThe one and onlyPremium
join:2001-07-14
SoCal
kudos:3 | No, it's not a VA address.
Where did you get information your home IP is in Virginia? |
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maartenaElmoPremium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
kudos:1 Reviews:
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·DIRECTV
| reply to pianoman1976
@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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MacLeechThe one and onlyPremium
join:2001-07-14
SoCal
kudos:3 | 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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| reply to pianoman1976
Ip don't map to addresses. You can get the general area. »ip-address.cc/ come close with me. |
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| reply to MacLeech
Every whois/trace I run shows my IP in Virginia. |
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| reply to pianoman1976
Okay, I think I got it now. Thanks for all the input.  |
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:4 Reviews:
 ·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| reply to dcurrey
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.
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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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 amysheehanPremium,VIP,MVM
join:1999-12-21
Huntington Beach, CA
kudos:9
 ·RoadRunner Cable
4 edits | reply to pianoman1976
Try »www.ip2location.com/?rid=174
This link is also available on the Tools page at dslr. 
It shows my IP pretty darned close - Fountain Valley - I'm in Huntington Beach
EDIT TO ADD: This link was used for the snapshot
»ip-address.cc/
I'm actually at the 'h' in Huntington BeacH
-amy-
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:4 Reviews:
·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| 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.
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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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amysheehanPremium,VIP,MVM
join:1999-12-21
Huntington Beach, CA
kudos:9 | 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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| 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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