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On Thu, 27 Sep 2018 00:17:30 +0100, Brian Gregory wrote:
On 26/09/2018 19:47, VanguardLH wrote: If you enabled geolocation services within your web browser and if a site uses that geolocation from your web browser then a site can better (more narrowly) determine your location. However, if your host cannot get at the other geo sources, the site only knows your IP address. "All 3 web browsers" doesn't actually say which ones you tried, nor does it state if geolocation is enabled or disabled in them. We're in the Windows 7 group here. What you're describe normally only applies only to mobile devices. If I allow geolocation within my Windows computer web browser, it gets my location down to the street and block I am on. I am using WiFi. The geolocation gets the list of neighbouring home WiFi points and sends the list to a geolocation service. The geolocation service checks that list against its massive database of WiFi points and their locations, to find the street and block I am on. https://www.maketecheasier.com/google-know-where-wifi-router/ https://wigle.net/ https://blog.ouseful.info/2016/01/27/looking-up-the-physical-location-of-your-wifi-router/ FYI: this command line will list all the neighbouring home WiFi points, if your computer's WiFi adapter is on: netsh wlan show networks -- Kind regards Ralph |
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On 26 Sep 2018 19:12:48 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:
PeterC wrote: On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 21:07:25 +1200, Ralph Fox wrote: [...] 2. Now visit several of the IP address locator sites below, and enter that IP address into the search box to find which country the site believes your IP address belongs to. 2.1 https://www.ip2location.com/free.asp 2.2 https://whatismyipaddress.com/ip-lookup 2.3 https://www.ipligence.com/geolocation 2.4 http://www.ipaddresslocation.org/ 2.5 https://www.maxmind.com/en/home 2.6 http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/ Five of these six sites correctly identified that I am in New Zealand. But one site thought I was in South Korea. Four are in the correct county, one of them being only about 10 - 15 miles from the centre of England; two are Warrington in the NW of England and one is in The Hague! The Hague!? You stole MY IP! BTW, is the wrong one (The Hague) given by this one: 2.3 https://www.ipligence.com/geolocation That one places me in Rome, which is not too bad! :-) Yes, that's the one. -- Peter. The gods will stay away whilst religions hold sway |
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On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:05:19 +0100, Brian Gregory wrote:
On 26/09/2018 17:48, PeterC wrote: host-**-**-**-**.as13285.net A Talktalk IP I think. Correct. -- Peter. The gods will stay away whilst religions hold sway |
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writes: On 26 Sep 2018 19:12:48 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote: PeterC wrote: On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 21:07:25 +1200, Ralph Fox wrote: [...] 2. Now visit several of the IP address locator sites below, and enter that IP address into the search box to find which country the site believes your IP address belongs to. 2.1 https://www.ip2location.com/free.asp 2.2 https://whatismyipaddress.com/ip-lookup 2.3 https://www.ipligence.com/geolocation 2.4 http://www.ipaddresslocation.org/ 2.5 https://www.maxmind.com/en/home 2.6 http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/ Five of these six sites correctly identified that I am in New Zealand. But one site thought I was in South Korea. Four are in the correct county, one of them being only about 10 - 15 miles from the centre of England; two are Warrington in the NW of England and one is in The Hague! The Hague!? You stole MY IP! BTW, is the wrong one (The Hague) given by this one: 2.3 https://www.ipligence.com/geolocation That one places me in Rome, which is not too bad! :-) Yes, that's the one. I get four in UK (where my ISP - PlusNet - presumably is; some of the sites identified that) - three at Horsham, one somewhere else; 2.3 says Durban, South Africa; and the last one repeatedly crashes my Firefox 27! (It just sits there showing about 2/3 loaded; attempts to close that tab don't do anything. I have to Task Manage it.) In Chrome, it shows another UK location. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf once described by Eccentrica Golumbits as the best bang since the big one ... (first series, fit the second) |
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