[geeks] oh, cool

[Bill Bradford]

Speaking of previous owners, this Grand Junction switch that I'm setting
up for my network.. Just got the override password from Cisco, and
am looking at the config info:

       FastSwitch 10/100 - Internetwork Connection Configuration

        Ethernet Address:  00 C0 1D 01 04 26

     ----------------Settings----------------
     [A] Address: IP address of system          206.213.103.149
     [G] Gateway: IP address of default gateway 206.213.103.129
     [M] Mask:    IP subnet mask                255.255.255.192
     [T] TFTP:    IP address of TFTP server     0.0.0.0
     [F] Filename for TFTP firmware upgrades    
     [S] Server:  accept TFTP upgrade requests  Enabled 
     [C] Contact:
         Mike Singleton
     [L] Location:
         Tacoma WA Grand Junction Hub 10/100
     ----------------Actions-----------------
     [U] Upgrade firmware (TFTP transfer)

     e[X]it to Main Menu

Enter Selection:  

and when I look up the IP:

Verio, Inc. (NET-VRIO-206-213-064)
   8005 South Chester Street
   Englewood, CO 80112
   US
   Netname: VRIO-206-213-064
   Netblock: 206.213.64.0 - 206.213.127.255
   Maintainer: VRIO
   Coordinator:
      Verio, Inc.  (VIA4-ORG-ARIN)  vipar at verio.net
      303.645.1900
   Domain System inverse mapping provided by:
   NS0.VERIO.NET                129.250.15.61
   NS1.VERIO.NET                204.91.99.140
   NS2.VERIO.NET                129.250.31.190
   ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
   ********************************************
   Reassignment information for this block is
    available at rwhois.verio.net port 4321
   ********************************************
   Record last updated on 02-Nov-2000.
   Database last updated on 19-Jul-2001 23:08:10 EDT.

And, from rwhois:

class-name network 
auth-area 206.213.64.0/18 
id NETBLK-VRIO-206-213-103.127.0.0.1/32 
handle NETBLK-VRIO-206-213-103 
network-name VRIO-206-213-103 
ip-network 206.213.103.0/24 
in-addr-server B36-HST.127.0.0.1/32 
in-addr-server T27-HST.127.0.0.1/32 
ip-network-block 206.213.103.0 - 206.213.103.255 
org-name LDM 
street-address 1640 East Marc St. 
city Tacoma 
state WA 
postal-code 98421 
country-code US 
tech-contact MS3924.127.0.0.1/32 
created 2000-04-28 00:31:19+00 
updated 2000-04-28 00:31:19+00 

Looked up LDM, which ended up being LDM.COM (and the addresses
match up with rwhois info):

LD McFarland (LDM-DOM)
   1640 East Marc
   Tacoma, WA 98421

   Domain Name: LDM.COM

Interesting.  No way of knowing how long this switch has been
out of service, though...

Bill

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Bill Bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
Austin, TX