IP No in Activity Report shows wrong location?

IP No in Activity Report shows wrong location?

by Lee LikMeng -
Number of replies: 2

Hi,

There's a very cool feature in the activity report.  When you click on the IP no, it shows a world map and tells you where in the world that is .... apparently not?

I clicked on my location which is in Penang, Malaysia but it says I am in Australia :

(219.95.27.14) is located in Milton, New South Wales (state), Australia. (-35.32, 150.40)

I just checked my IP on my computer and it is 219.95.12.234 (dynamic IP with ADSL connection).  So, I guess the mapping is not accurate.

LikMeng

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Re: IP No in Activity Report shows wrong location?

by Martin Dougiamas -
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It's usually pretty good but yes, occasionally the CAIDA database gets it wrong.  IP-> location mapping is an inexact science based on analysing data from a wide variety of sources (eg DNS registration).
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Re: IP No in Activity Report shows wrong location?

by Tim Allen -
I'm in Korea and I always get Milton at the IP location for myself and all my students!  mixed