Firewire IP Address in Network Utility

mcsjgs · January 2, 2005 2:33PM

Does anyone have any idea why the IP address:

144.3.8.0

shows up in Ethernet Interface (fw0) in Network Utility?

whois shows:

OrgName:____USACRREL

OrgID:______USACRR

Address:____72 Lyme Road

City:_______Hanover

StateProv:__NH

PostalCode: 03755-1290

Country:____US

NetRange:___144.3.0.0 - 144.3.255.255

CIDR:_______144.3.0.0/16

NetName:____USACRREL-B1

NetHandle:__NET-144-3-0-0-1

Parent:_____NET-144-0-0-0-0

NetType:____Direct Assignment

NameServer: NS01.ARMY.MIL

NameServer: NS02.ARMY.MIL

NameServer: NS03.ARMY.MIL

Comment:

RegDate:____1990-10-30

Updated:____2000-02-18

TechHandle: GD80-ARIN

TechName:___DeCoff, Gary

TechPhone:__+1-603-646-4392

TechEmail:[email protected]

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mcsjgs · January 3, 2005 8:05AM

I got curious about this, so I e-mailed the contact person for the IP address:

"This IP address is showing up on my Ethernet Interface (fw0) (Firewire or high-speed IEEE 1394 Serial Bus) on my Apple Computer. This is the contact e-mail given by whois for that IP address. Do you have any idea why your IP address is showing up my computer?

John"

Reply:

From: [email protected]

Date: January 3, 2005 4:36:02 AM PST

Subject: RE: IP Address 144.3.8.0

Cc: [email protected]

"John,

Yes I do know why.__ Apple Computer is using my IP space as a default for some of their interfaces....

Please bring this to the attention of Apple Computer...__ If enough people tell them about this then just maybe they will stop doing it...

Thanks

Gary"

Go figure.

Edited: I sent it in as a bug report to Apple.

Firewire IP Address in Network Utility

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