Re: translating IP addresses into city/state/country

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Author: Lisa Kachold
Date:  
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: translating IP addresses into city/state/country
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Bryan O'Neal <
> wrote:

> GeoIP is quite trustworthy - the more you pay them the better the DB you
> get is but the free one was typically in the correct zipcode and almost
> always in the correct city. I believe they are run by MaxMind now and plug
> directly into what ever your using through Apache.
>
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 2:20 PM, keith smith <>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am looking at translating IP addresses into city/state/country.
>>
>> I found this service http://www.geoplugin.com/ however I do not know who
>> to trust.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> ------------------------
>> Keith Smith
>>
>>
>>

Access the SWIP registrar for that area. This is all covered by RFC 1491
and 2050.

Google "swip whois lookup" and enter the IP there.

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