RE: [MLUG] Useful online tool.

["Spurling, Shannon" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I am not sure where they get their location information. I have found it
to be incorrect in a couple of instances, and IP addresses are
geographically independent. So, there is no particular data tied to an
IP address, other than the address of the company to which it was
assigned, that would give an address or location for an IP address. 


Shannon Spurling
WAN Engineer -Specialist

MOREnet, Network Services, Core Network
3212 LeMone Industrial Blvd.
Columbia, MO 65201

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave McBride
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 2:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [MLUG] Useful online tool.

On Thursday 02 September 2004 12:21 pm, Mike Miller wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Daniel Nowlin wrote:
> > I thought that it was interesting that it showed my IP (Charter in
> > Columbia) to be in Columbia.
>
> I think some ISPs are geographically limited and others are more
widely
> dispersed.  It is nice that it shows the correct location when it is
able
> to do so.  But, when it says the IP is in Washington, DC, don't
believe it!
>
> Mike

It said my IP is in Alexandria, VA, not Columbia where my box physically
sits. 
Is that possible?  Say, if the server that assigns me my IP actually is
in 
VA?  Just curious, trying to learn a little.
Cheers,
Dave

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