[thelist] Basic Traffic tracking question

[deke]

On 2 May 2001, at 17:09, John Handelaar posted a message which said:


> > Basic traffic question - our tracking software, Webtrends, shows that a
> > particular "number" such as 234.344.44.22, visited our site at a 
> > certain day
> > and time. First question, is this an IP address
 
> Yes.  Although this one isn't correct, since it has
> a number larger than 254 in one of its segments.

It isn't *normalized* but most software can handle it.

234.344.44.22 is the same as 3928424214 
which is the same as 235.88.44.22

BTW, USC "owns" all the IPs from 224.0.0.0 through 239.255.255.255

deke


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