- Geographical IP location
- Posted by Peter Parker on July 23rd, 2007
How do sites such as www.whatsmyipaddresss.com know where you are
geographically located? Sometimes it's very accurate but not always.
- Posted by bhm on July 23rd, 2007
"Peter Parker" <peterparker@mailhaven.com> wrote in message
news:1185197284.268997.31830@n2g2000hse.googlegrou ps.com...
Don't bother, its just a links page.
- Posted by Peter Parker on July 23rd, 2007
On Jul 23, 2:42 pm, "bhm" <m...@privacy.co.invalid.uk> wrote:
Sorry a typo! should have been http://www.whatismyipaddress.com
- Posted by Bob Eager on July 23rd, 2007
On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:28:04 UTC, Peter Parker
<peterparker@mailhaven.com> wrote:
Try sticking the IP address in at www.ripe.net and all will become
clear. That's the IP registry for Europe.
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- Posted by George Weston on July 23rd, 2007
"Peter Parker" <peterparker@mailhaven.com> wrote in message
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Hmm - it shows I'm in Birmingham.
I'm in south Wales actually!
Pretty accurate then...
George
- Posted by Robert Moir on July 23rd, 2007
"Peter Parker" <peterparker@mailhaven.com> wrote in message
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It has absolutely no idea where you're located. It knows where the owner of
that IP address, usually your ISP, has registered it to though.
- Posted by Lurch on July 23rd, 2007
On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:17:40 +0100, "George Weston"
<geoweston@googlemail.com> mused:
So there's your answer, it doesn't.
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Regards,
Stuart.
- Posted by TrentSC on July 23rd, 2007
Although it does know where my ISP is (Sheffield). A number of sites which
I visit from time to time have banner ads which advertise services in
Sheffield, which is bog all to me as I live 200 miles away.
- Posted by Bob Eager on July 23rd, 2007
On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:26:56 UTC, "TrentSC" <TrentSC@invalid.invalid>
wrote:
My ISP lets me fill in my own RIPE details. I guess, because of that, I
get a lot of targeted 'local' stuff (e.g. girls in 'xxxxx' want to meet
you NOW)!
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- Posted by Sla#s on July 23rd, 2007
Peter Parker wrote:
I'm in Scotland and it shows me near Chipping Sodbury! that's 376 miles out!
Can anyone beat that?
Slatts
- Posted by Steve Pearce on July 24th, 2007
On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:30:43 +0100, "Sla#s" <phil@KNOTslatts.net>
wrote:
I'm in Hampshire but also Prague apparently.
- Posted by R. Mark Clayton on July 24th, 2007
"Peter Parker" <peterparker@mailhaven.com> wrote in message
news:1185197284.268997.31830@n2g2000hse.googlegrou ps.com...
Well how is it going to know if my laptop is in Paris, New York, Tokyo or on
the space shuttle?
- Posted by Graham2 on July 24th, 2007
"Steve Pearce" <*stevepearce@btinternet.com*> wrote in message
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namesco ?
Graham
- Posted by Peter Parker on July 25th, 2007
On Jul 24, 10:24 pm, "Graham2" <glauren...@lycos.co.uk> wrote:
??
- Posted by Lurch on July 25th, 2007
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:53:31 -0700, Peter Parker
<peterparker@mailhaven.com> mused:
Namesco = ISP.
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Regards,
Stuart.
- Posted by Graham2 on July 25th, 2007
"Peter Parker" <peterparker@mailhaven.com> wrote in message
news:1185371611.510653.86060@g4g2000hsf.googlegrou ps.com...
"Still waiting for ipligence.com to update their database. It seems that
they're the culprits, and their site is still showing our IP range as Czech
Republic."
Seems that some databases run by ipligence need updating as they show some
allocated IPs in the wrong country.
Graham
