Re: Updating Geolocation of /24 within corporate /16

[David Sotnick <sotnickd-nanog () ddv com>]

Hi Tyler,

I have not yet tried this, but am doing so now, thanks!

-Dave

On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 6:27 PM, Tyler Conrad <tyler () tgconrad com> wrote:

> Have you tried submitting a correction to some geolocation services
> directly yet? Maxmind is pretty heavily used.
>
> https://support.maxmind.com/correction-faq/submit-a-
> correction/how-do-i-submit-a-correction-to-geoip-data/
>
>
> On Thursday, February 9, 2017, David Sotnick <sotnickd-nanog () ddv com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi NANOG,
> >
> > You have given good advice on updating IP Geolocation data in the past,
> > including visiting 'www.google.com' from a mobile device and selecting
> > "use
> > exact location [from GPS]". This worked out well for us a few years ago
> > for
> > a single IP which we were NATting out of in a new geographic location.
> >
> > Now we are in a position where we have been assigned site-local /24 (out
> > of
> > the corporation's larger /20 space) networks for a couple of locations and
> > I'm wondering how I go about updating IP Geolocation data to note that two
> > /24 networks are no longer at the Corporate HQ location.
> >
> > I understand that when users first start using these site-specific /24
> > networks, they will be lumped in with the larger /20 space as far as their
> > geolocation goes, but besides the Google/GPS method, is there a
> > cleaner/better way to do this? Do Geolocation services use SWIP data?
> > Should I have the /24s have separate SWIP data noting the geo location?
> > I'd
> > love a place to be able to say: "This /24 is at this geoloc; this /24 is
> > at
> > this geoloc; and the corporate /20 remains where it always has been."
> >
> > Many thanks for your insights in this matter,
> >
> > -Dave