IP Address numbers

David van Geest david.vangeest-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Wed Dec 29 16:56:07 UTC 2010


On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 1:02 PM, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> James Knott wrote:
>>
>> I use an add-in for Seamonkey and Firefox browsers, which shows the IP
>> address (IPv4 or IPv6) of a web site.  One thing I've noticed is after the
>> IP address, there's often something like +1 or +5.  This occurs with both
>> IPv4 and IPv6.  Does anyone have any idea what those "+" numbers represent?
>>
>
> Here's an example for google.ca:
> 2001:4860:800f::63 +1

Just a guess, but perhaps it is denoting that the domain in question
resolves to multiple IPs?  So the above resolves to the given IP and
one additional.

-David
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