IP address geo location Error

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BOOBALAN.V
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IP address geo location Error

Post by BOOBALAN.V »

Dear community,

why my public IP address of geo location is showing wrong. If i want to find exact location what to do?

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StuartR
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Re: IP address geo location Error

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Your external, visible, IP address is not a reliable indicator of anything. If you're not using a VPN then it just comes from a pool of dynamic IP addresses assigned to your ISP. Some people have static IP addresses that might be associated with a physical address, but this is quite unusual.
StuartR


BOOBALAN.V
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Re: IP address geo location Error

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Yes sir. Its a Class A network, Network ID is not changing and host ID is changing dynamically whenever i am connecting to network its changing dynamically. If i want to find my exact location by using IP address what to do sir. How they do it? Is there any way?

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HansV
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Re: IP address geo location Error

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No, your IP address is not a reliable indicator of your EXACT location.
Best wishes,
Hans

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DaveA
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Re: IP address geo location Error

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I am on Comcast and the IP address location is about where the local Comcast Transmission Center is at.
This center is about 10 miles away.

I just tried 3 different site and found
Whatismyipaddress.com is as stated above
Whatismyip.com says I am in New Jersey I am in Western Washington state
Iplocation.com is about 2 blocks from where I am at.
I am so far behind, I think I am First :evilgrin:
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