One fast way to do this is via Perl - try installing any of these from CPAN:
Geo::IP Geo::IP::PurePerl Geo::IPfree Cheers, Gavin On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 10:11:46AM +1000, Tim White wrote: > > ARIN keeps a list of first-level allocations. A whois query > > to whois.arin.net for the IP address of interest should > > provide you with a record, from which you can retrieve the > > country code and see if it evaluates to AU. Try it - run > > 'whois 203.1.2.3 | grep "^country:"' in a terminal. > > Lovely. Repeat with any IP address you like, maybe even > > write a bit of awk > > or sed or something to strip out everything except the country code. > > Once you find out who ARIN has allocated the IP range to, you can usually go > and check their whois server. > > An example would be to do 'whois 203.1.2.3 @whois.apnic.net'. This will give > you the name and address that APNIC have allocated the IP address to. Often > these will be ISPs, some of whom have their own whois servers and so on. -- Open Fusion P/L - Open Source Business Solutions [ Linux - Perl - Apache ] ph: 02 9875 5032 fax: 02 9875 4317 web: http://www.openfusion.com.au mob: 0403 171712 - Fashion is a variable, but style is a constant - Programming Perl -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
