Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS???

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39205
interpreted = N
texte = How about asking them where they place .net, .com, and .org users?Considering AOL users IP numbers are in the same general ranges (based on my logs, yours of course may be different) regardless of what country the are based in, there will be limits to the accuracy of these programs.There are sources (I haven't discovered a source yet) for which Ips belong to which countries etc. You can basically do lookups (manually) at arin.net, ripe,net and apnic.net and then build your own lookup database.I would be happy to work with anyone that wants to build such a database.Dale> This CAN be done. I run my WebSTAR logs through Funnel Web every > month, and the report that Funnel Web generates includes the location > of visitors (by continent). Funnel Web is able to translate an IP > into an address somehow. > > >> On 10/9/01 4:01 PM, Alain Russell wrote: >> >>> Seems the only reliable way to do it is to ask each user where they are >>> from, set a cookie and then use that value :-) >> >> Actually I have seen programs that map the ip to the location, but corporate >> networks and large ISP's can dilute the accuracy of these methods as well. I >> have seen it work on a mac from point to point though and it was quite >> interesting, check version tracker and see if you can't find the utility, if >> your system doesn't require 100% accuracy. >> >> Robert Minor >> Director of Internet Services ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Donovan Brooke 2001)
  2. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (John Peacock 2001)
  3. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (dale 2001)
  4. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Alain Russell 2001)
  5. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Andrew Simpson 2001)
  6. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Alain Russell 2001)
  7. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Andrew Simpson 2001)
  8. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Clint Davis 2001)
  9. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Bob Minor 2001)
  10. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Andrew Simpson 2001)
  11. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Alain Russell 2001)
  12. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Dale Therio 2001)
  13. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Andrew Simpson 2001)
  14. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Alain Russell 2001)
  15. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Andrew Simpson 2001)
  16. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Alain Russell 2001)
  17. country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Andrew Simpson 2001)
How about asking them where they place .net, .com, and .org users?Considering AOL users IP numbers are in the same general ranges (based on my logs, yours of course may be different) regardless of what country the are based in, there will be limits to the accuracy of these programs.There are sources (I haven't discovered a source yet) for which Ips belong to which countries etc. You can basically do lookups (manually) at arin.net, ripe,net and apnic.net and then build your own lookup database.I would be happy to work with anyone that wants to build such a database.Dale> This CAN be done. I run my WebSTAR logs through Funnel Web every > month, and the report that Funnel Web generates includes the location > of visitors (by continent). Funnel Web is able to translate an IP > into an address somehow. > > >> On 10/9/01 4:01 PM, Alain Russell wrote: >> >>> Seems the only reliable way to do it is to ask each user where they are >>> from, set a cookie and then use that value :-) >> >> Actually I have seen programs that map the ip to the location, but corporate >> networks and large ISP's can dilute the accuracy of these methods as well. I >> have seen it work on a mac from point to point though and it was quite >> interesting, check version tracker and see if you can't find the utility, if >> your system doesn't require 100% accuracy. >> >> Robert Minor >> Director of Internet Services ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ dale

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