IP addresses

[nippsnow]

Hi,
I am using a programme to check visitors to my site.
A lot of the recorded visitors come in the form of (AOL-EU-1), just as an example, where the individual visitors information is not given, this also applies to a lot of Broadband visits.
Is there any way of finding out who the visits are from in more detail.
Many thanks,
Bill.

[jdMorgan]

Bill,

Ask your host to turn off reverse-DNS lookup in your logs. This will give you the raw remote IP address. If you wish, you can then do the reverse-DNS lookup yourself at a later time to get the hostname.

Jim

[nippsnow]

Thanks for your reply Jim,
I am not sure I quite understand this.
When I get the visitors information details from HitLens I will get this for most Broadband Ip numbers, or similar:

inetnum: 81.152.0.0 - 81.152.250.255
netname: BT-CENTRAL-PLUS
descr: IP pools
country: GB
admin-c: PC487-RIPE
tech-c: SR401-RIPE
status: ASSIGNED PA
remarks: Please send abuse notification to [e-mail]
mnt-by: BTNET-MNT
mnt-lower: BTNET-MNT
mnt-routes: BTNET-MNT
changed: [e-mail] 20021113
source: RIPE

If I do a reverse delegation, both in RIPE, I get the same info.

My site is hosted by LYCOS, I don't know much about log files which is why I use Hitlens, are you telling me to tell LYCOS to turn off the reverse lookups.
Thanks again,
Bill.

[jdMorgan]

Bill,

Well, you could ask them, but this would only affect your raw logs... I assumed from the title that you wanted the IP address, but I may have simply answered the wrong question. :o

Jim

[nippsnow]

Sorry Jim,
Maybe I am confusing the issue.
You are correct I do want the IP addresses, it is just that I am not sure how to access my log files on LYCOS there does not appear to be any, and as I say I want to get individual addresses from within returns like the one I posted, instead of it just coming up with AOL or whatever.
Anyway thanks for trying to help and best wishes for the holidays,
Bill.