is there ANY way to find out someone's address from their IP?

http://geobytes.com/iplocator.htm
Probably your best bet
From a quick google, not sure how well it works.
I think you'll probably only be able to locate what city it is.

Their ISP will probably have records of who has what address at any given time, so they would have the information to find out who it is. However there is no way for you to access that information.

How extreme are the comments? If it could count as harassment or something maybe the police could do something. Although if they're just making comments on your appearance I doubt they'd do anything (unless they're being racist).

With an IP address you can DOS them. This is basically send many packets of data to them so they get booted of the Internet completely. But won't advice it because its illegal :P

thanks a lot! i've got it open in a new tab now so will have a look. i already know they live in literally the same village as me, as one IP locator was quite specific, but i just can't seem to get any further than that




thankyou! i thought you might say that ah well, worth a shot. i did ask my local police and they said unless they count as threats there's nothing that can be done, i can't report them or anything. they just say nasty things and are pretty vulgar so it's nothing too bad, i can deal with it, it's just infuriating not knowing who it is as i'd like to punch them in the face! (i won't, haha)

http://geobytes.com/iplocator.htm
Probably your best bet
From a quick google, not sure how well it works.
I think you'll probably only be able to locate what city it is.

Even if the police won't take action, from an IP you can tell the ISP of the person. It might be worth sending a e-mail to that ISP, saying that one of their customers is being abusive, and provide any information you have. There is a chance then that they could get in trouble with their ISP (as I imagine most internet contracts say you shouldn't be abusive / etc).

Generally ISPs won't act without a court order, or a request from the police in connection with detecting a crime.

If the harassment is serious and threatening, OP should contact the police and provide them with the evidence. Harassment is an extremely serious crime.

Generally ISPs won't act without a court order, or a request from the police in connection with detecting a crime.

If the harassment is serious and threatening, OP should contact the police and provide them with the evidence. Harassment is an extremely serious crime.

Still might be worth the 5 minutes it takes to send an e-mail. They won't reveal the details of the user involved, but there is still a chance they would contact the user themselves.

thankyou so much for your replies guys! in terms of the harrassment, the police seemed pretty certain that the only way they could act is if the person literally said something along the lines of "you're a ___ AND i'm gonna come round and stab your mum" or whatever, there has to be an actual threat. so however mean they become online unless they say they will physically harm me or come to my house etc it doesn't count for much.

i've been able to block their IP so the comments no longer show up on my computer, but when i go on via my phone they're still there and i am reminded of how much i want to find out who this person is, haha.

thanks v much for the reply about contacting the ISP - i have all the details like that (the ISP, their operating system, etc) so have quite a lot of info from my stat counter, so will definitely get in touch and say something. even just a scary message to them from the ISP might do the trick thanks again! you've all been great.