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IP address are a mystery sometimes

Yes, I know that an external IP address will not lead one directly to a house address and that is a good thing. However, I am working a case right now that involves two different IP addresses. One traces to an AT&T building in downtown Austin, TX and the user at the other end is only a few miles away. The other IP address comes back to Cingular Mobile for another user in Austin, TX. That IP address comes back to a corn field near Wichita, KS. Google street view shows a long, dusty, dirt road running towards an old wooden farmhouse, Just what one would expect to see in Kansas. What is up with that?

Can anyone recommend a publication that details IP address primer, book of secrets, tips, any further knowledge?

Thank you,

Mike

Steven Carnahan

I have never been one to rely too heavily on these types of tools. We have a static IP address so one would think that it would show close to where we are located however when put into a site like http://www.infosniper.net/geolocate-visitor-gadget.php it comes back about 350 miles away from our actual connection on the embeded Google Map.

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Yepper. We use subpoenas whenever we can get them but the research is would be much easier if we could just get within a few miles. Thank you, MIke

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Thank you. Sorry I was so late.