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Re: Geoip lookup
From: Tom Vest <tvest () eyeconomics com>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 15:20:56 -0400
On May 24, 2013, at 3:27 AM, Paul Kelly :: Blacknight wrote:
Just because I have operations in one region does not preclude mefrom having operationsin other regions. YMMV of course. /billThat was exactly my point, Bill... If you have operations in RIPE and ARIN regions, it is entirely possible for you to obtain addresses from RIPE or ARIN and use them in both locations, or, obtain addresses from both RIPE and ARIN and use them in their respective regions, or mix and match in just about any imaginable way. Thus, IP addresses don't reside in regions, either. They are merely issued somewhat regionally.In theory Maxmind is quite accurate. From 1 x /20 that we own we tag different space with the country: flag in the RIPE db. Maxmind picks this up after approx 30 days and says it's in Country X vrs country Y.
Interesting. I wonder how many days it takes the RIPE db to report the correct country for those more specifics that you've tagged... TV
e.g. $ geoiplookup 81.17.247.64 GeoIP Country Edition: US, United States $ geoiplookup 81.17.247.1 GeoIP Country Edition: IE, Ireland Obviously the RIPE db structure makes this simple. As for other RIRs it's not as easy. Like someone else said, it's going to be an 80% solution and its really down to good administration from a network operator point of view. i.e. if you route some of your RIPE space in ARIN territory you should specify the country. There's numerous reasons for this but it's just good practice IMO. Pk
Current thread:
- Re: Geoip lookup, (continued)
- Re: Geoip lookup Owen DeLong (May 24)
- Re: Geoip lookup Jean-Francois Mezei (May 24)
- Re: Geoip lookup Owen DeLong (May 24)
- Re: Geoip lookup shawn wilson (May 24)
- Re: Geoip lookup Owen DeLong (May 24)
- Re: Geoip lookup David Conrad (May 24)
- Re: Geoip lookup John Curran (May 25)
- Re: Geoip lookup shawn wilson (May 25)
- RE: Geoip lookup Frank Bulk (iname.com) (May 26)
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- RE: Geoip lookup Paul Kelly :: Blacknight (May 24)
- Re: Geoip lookup Tom Vest (May 24)