Understanding IP Addresses? |
 Jul 19 2008, 09:43 PM
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 Lets Get Dead  Group: Member Posts: 381 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 641,562  |
Ok, I installed a couple of trackers on my Myspace just because. Well when I look at the IPs that are coming in I try to do a search to figure out who it is identifying. It seems like the IPs are just identifying where the ISP is located. For example, my IP says I'm in LA which I am NOWHERE near. Is there any way to narrow it down a bit? I know there must me because I could have sworn I did years ago on Xanga.
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Jul 19 2008, 10:49 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 441 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 330,617 |
http://www.maxmind.com/app/lookup_city is normally pretty accurate for most IP addresses. A bunch of the members from a forum I visit tested various websites, and maxmind was the most accurate.
Try it and see if it shows your real location. |
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Jul 19 2008, 11:22 PM
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 /人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
Whenever I track my own IP address, it shows my friend's house. In my experience, trackers are pretty inaccurate.
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Jul 19 2008, 11:29 PM
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Lets Get Dead Group: Member Posts: 381 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 641,562 |
QUOTE(falsetigerlimbs @ Jul 19 2008, 08:49 PM)  http://www.maxmind.com/app/lookup_city is normally pretty accurate for most IP addresses. A bunch of the members from a forum I visit tested various websites, and maxmind was the most accurate. Try it and see if it shows your real location. Oh my gosh, so much better! Thank you! |
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Jul 21 2008, 04:39 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Administrator Posts: 8,629 Joined: Jan 2007 Member No: 498,468 |
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