[184061] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: GeoIP information
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Josh Luthman)
Thu Sep 24 19:06:40 2015
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Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:03:29 -0400
From: Josh Luthman <josh@imaginenetworksllc.com>
To: Ian Clark <ian.clark@dreamhost.com>
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Did that Wiki page ever come back up?
Josh Luthman
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On Sep 24, 2015 7:01 PM, "Ian Clark" <ian.clark@dreamhost.com> wrote:
> How do service providers get all the GeoIP companies to have correct
> information for their address ranges? Do they just pay them to update it?
> At first I thought it had to do with whois data, but my home Verizon IP
> whois lists Ashburn, VA, yet the GeoIP data shows my local city.
>
> We're trying to find a way to correct our GeoIP data for a specific IP
> range, but aren't sure what the best practices are for doing so. Any
> advice would be awesome!
>
> --
> Ian Clark
> Network Engineer
> DreamHost
>
