On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Matthew Palmer <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 05:30:11PM -0800, Hector Herrera wrote: >> I'm trying to diagnose an issue with 192.255.103.x >> >> As far as I can tell from IANA, the block 192/8 is allocated to ARIN. >> ARIN does not have a record of 192.255.103 being allocated to anybody. >> >> Here is the issue ... the customer insists that is the correct IP and >> for a few hours yesterday, it was actually working. Their satellite >> phone can reach it, but we can't see it advertised today from any >> networks. > > Smells to me like their satphone provider could be doing something dodgy. > More info would be handy: what your customer's relationship to that IP block > is, and what they think should be available at that IP block. > > - Matt
According to the customer the IP is at their home network. They are in town for a certain large event *cough*fiverings*cough* and they keep insisting (and their home IT department indicates the IP is valid). The customer is now claiming this IP is part of a "hidden" and "secret" block of IPs ... How can you have hidden IPs? Are IANA/ARIN/RIPE allowing certain agencies to receive allocations without disclosing them in whois? Reverse DNS shows nothing as well. I think I'm just going to chalk this one up to a made up IP block that is probably statically routed by their satphone provider. Thank you all. -- Hector Herrera President Pier Programming Services Ltd.
