I believe this should tell you: http://www.iana.org/ipaddress/ip-addresses.htm
How did the IANA originally get the authority to be the governing body for allocation of IP addys? http://www.apnic.net/mailing-lists/apple/archive/1997/07/msg00037.html - I didn't read through much of it, but it seems to be a good overview. Andy -----Original Message----- From: Neal Daringer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 12:18 PM To: CiaLUG; CedarLUG; Souix City Linux User Group Subject: [sclug-generallist] Where do IP addresses come from? this question has bothered me for some time. Where do ISPs get their IP addresses? and how do they get those IP addresses allocated to their network(say its a brand new network that has no connection to the internet)? There must be some organization that has total control over internet IP.
