For those who want to try it at home:

ping 33333333
ping 55555555

I am sorry, two random Internet users in Korea and Germany, your IP addresses are simply special.

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

~~[https://iplocation.io/ip-whois-lookup/133.74.20.69](Looks like the Japanese Aerospace Agency) unless ~~I'm completely misunderstanding how entering a string of numbers without periods works in a ping

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ah yeah there's a little misunderstanding. IP addresses can be represented as 32-bit unsigned integer numbers, where each 8-bit chunk is separated by a dot.

    So the conversion is: 133742069 (decimal) -> 00000111111110001011110111110101 (binary) -> 00000111.11111000.10111101.11110101 (8-bit chunks) -> 7.248.189.245 (resulting IP)

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