Tracking down an IP address?

[irc]

Ok, I had somebody come onto my site and spew a bunch of garbage on my board as a "guest" (I was allowing guests to post and reply). I've got an IP address for the user. Is there anyway to track information down about them or their ISP?

[PeF]

I'd start with Trace Route command.

Tracert [IP Address]

[irc]

Where would I use that command?

[PeF]

Tracert on Windows based system - command prompt.
Traceroute on *nix - bash.

[JimF]

No, go to http://www.arin.net/whois and enter the IP number. It will give you information about who owns that IP block. Tracert won't give you anything useful.

-jim

[werehere]

Sam Spade or Net Demon is what you want!

Here is Sam Spade:

http://www.samspade.org/ssw/ <--- windows program
http://www.samspade.org/ <--- Homepage


I don't have a link to Net Demon, but Sam Spade is great! Download it and install it on any windows machine for a great lookup tool! ;)

[PeF]

Trace route will give you at least a name of a server, a router.

Your advice is much more valuable and thanks for the link. When I saw the name of my boss... :)