On Thursday, February 02, 2006 8:46 AM [EDT], Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks, the monthly config files had slightly different options set, > and now I've rebuilt them the Distinct hosts for each monthly report > are a bit higher. I am doing DNS lookups, but all of the reports are > produced at the same time, and none of the monthly totals are wildly > different. > > Annual distinct hosts (single analog report) = 923,000 > Sum of 12 monthly analog reports = 1.1 million distinct hosts > > I still would expect far more re-used IP addresses, so the annual > report would be much lower. Do those numbers look reasonable? At least they're in the right order now! I'd agree that I would expect a much greater overlap, especially in such a large pool, but it's not totally out of the question (especially if your site attracts dialup users from home, rather thn corporate users on fixed lines). The simple test that I would suggest would be to do a reality check by comparing the number of hosts in any two months with the number calculated for a combined report of those two months. Or better yet, do 4 weekly reports, and compare the number of weekly hosts to the month total. If you're seeing the same sort of spread, then it's probably just a diverse audience. Aengus +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: | http://lists.meer.net/mailman/listinfo/analog-help | | Analog Documentation: http://analog.cx/docs/Readme.html | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general +------------------------------------------------------------------------
