Seems like the only problem he had was that he interchanged the term "ISP number" with "IP address".
But his concept (and base understanding) was sound - wifi users share an IP address. Also, he successfully chose to call someone with more experience and tried to confirm his reasoning. So - well done to the officer for exceeding the average Jane/Joe in basic internet knowledge (before the call), and for asking questions rather than assuming. What is the problem exactly? On 30 August 2017 at 10:34, Ross Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Still shaking my head in disbelief* > > Just had a call from a local police officer. Identified himself and his > station, investigating a suicide. (Not sure why I had to know that, but > anyway). > > Needed some "technical assistance". > > "Is everyone in the same house going to have the same ISP number?" > *blink* > "What I mean is, the guys computer was on wifi, will it have the same ISP > number as other people in the house?" > > Took a moment to figure out... "Do you mean IP Address?". > > "Yes, ISP address number" > > "He may have called lifeline, they keep all the details"... > > Surely these guys must have some internal department or at least a book of > "technical terms for dummies" for this stuff? Worries me that he'll go to > someone else in the house, get their "ISP number" from the computer network > settings, and trot off to Lifeline with a 192.168.1.x address for them to > look for... > > Justice cannot be done when people are this ignorant... to I try to call > back and point them to some "clue department" that can give him a hand? > (If so, anyone know a department/number/process that's appropriate?) > > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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