Hello :) my question is not related to Win9x but I post it here because it will more likely be read :) So, I have a free homepage somewhere. I made it just for fun, and it's not a surprise for two years its only visitor is me (that's what I thought). Recently I've just found out that I can see the IP addresses of all the machines that accessed my page (this service is provided by the web hosting company). And I was surprised because beside my machine (whose IP is always abc.def.xxx.xxx, where abcdef remain unchanged - I'm using a dial-up modem)there is another one visiting the page as well. What can it be explained? it is always the same unique IP (located in Thailand) and that machine visites the site two or three times a month. It is not the IP of a friend of mine nor of my web hosting company (I'm sure). So, is it a search-robot or? anyone help me pls, curiosity is itchy..:)

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Your Subject Line was:"Who is".. So there is your answer: do a "whois" or a "ns lookup" or "reverse lookup". If you don't know what they mean, do a search for the terms and read up.

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There are several ways of looking it up. Go to the appropriate one depending on the IP: APNIC (Asia Pacific Network Information Centre) http://www.apnic.net/apnic-bin/whois.pl 24.192.0.0 - 24.195.255.255 (24.192/14) 61.0.0.0 - 61.255.255.255 (61/8) 169.208.0.0 - 169.223.255.255 (169.208/12) 202.0.0.0 - 203.255.255.255 (202/7) 210.0.0.0 - 211.255.255.255 (210/7) 218.0.0.0 - 218.255.255.255 (218/8) ====================================== ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers) http://www.arin.net/whois/ 24/8 (portions of) 63.0.0.0 - 63.255.255.255 (63/8) 64.0.0.0 - 64.255.255.255 (64/8) 196.0.0.0 - 196.255.255.255 (196/8) 198.0.0.0 - 199.255.255.255 (198/7) 200.0.0.0 - 200.255.255.255 (200/8) 204.0.0.0 - 207.255.255.255 (204/6) 208.0.0.0 - 209.255.255.255 (208/7) 216.0.0.0 - 216.255.255.255 (216/8) ======================================== RIPE NCC (Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre) Europe, North Africa, Russia, Middle East. http://www.ripe.net/perl/whois/ 24.132.0.0 - 24.135.255.255 62.0.0.0 - 62.255.255.255 139.20.0.0 - 139.29.255.255 141.0.0.0 - 141.85.255.255 145.224.0.0 - 145.254.255.255 149.202.0.0 - 149.204.255.255 149.206.0.0 - 149.251.255.255 150.254.0.0 - 150.254.255.255 151.13.0.0 - 151.81.255.255 151.3.0.0 - 151.5.255.255 151.82.0.0 - 151.82.255.255 151.91.0.0 - 151.93.255.255 151.95.0.0 - 151.95.255.255 160.216.0.0 - 160.220.255.255 160.44.0.0 - 160.63.255.255 163.156.0.0 - 163.175.255.255 164.0.0.0 - 164.40.255.255 164.128.0.0 - 164.143.255.255 171.16.0.0 - 171.33.255.255 192.106.196.0 - 192.106.197.255 192.162.0.0 - 192.162.255.255 192.164.0.0 - 192.167.255.255 192.71.0.0 - 192.71.255.255 193.0.0.0 - 193.255.255.255 194.0.0.0 - 194.255.255.255 195.0.0.0 - 195.255.255.255 198.17.117.0 - 198.17.117.255 212.0.0.0 - 212.255.255.255 213.0.0.0 - 213.255.255.255 217.0.0.0 - 217.255.255.255 I have quite a large database of IP numbers and domain names from around the world plus the appropriate abuse addresses and fax numbers to send complaints to, in xls format - most are from searching for the domains of spammers. If anyone wants a copy, drop a line to z7dane@bluemail.ch Dane

it seems that my question was not clear. I already looked the IP up in some "who is" data base and found that that IP belongs to some one in Thailand, and it is strange.