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Geolocation is determining the approximate or exact physical location of a person or object.

Geolocation is determining the approximate or exact physical location of a person or object.

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Problems with CNAME In GeoDNS Setup

I'm trying to setup something similar to a CDN (Content Delivery Network) setup. What I want to do is use DNS records that return an A record based on where the user is geographically located. I was able to setup that using RAGE4 DNS. I can't really…
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IP address and geolocation

I very well know that this has been asked quite a number of times here itself but folks please give this question a read. Plus I'm giving my best to phrase this question, hence the Prelude/Question sections. Prelude: GeoIP databases pre-built…
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Google location awareness problems over corporate network

Not sure the best place for this one, so feel free to migrate to a more appropriate location if one exists. OK so the situation is: We have a corporate network, joining sites in the UK, France, Poland and India via MPLS, supplied by Redstone…
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Nginx redirect and geolocalization

I've the following problem with Nginx and GeoIP and will be nice if you can give me some pointers about the solution. Note: I know this can be solved on DNS side, but that won't be possible by now so I'm looking for other solution. The problem My…
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Geo IP Apache module reliability

I'm looking for some simple way to determine the country a user is viewing the site from, it's only a branding issue and not a legality issue, so a few false positives won't matter so much. Apaches mod_geoip seems to be just what I'm looking for but…
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How to geolocate a server using an anycast ip?

Usually an anycast ip can be located say in the US, but the server itself thats sending the request is located in Europe. I'm wondering if there's anyway of finding out where the server is located.
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Determining client's real IP address in VPN connection

Is it possible to extract The IP of my PC when I'm connected to a VPN connection and surf internet? By saying "IP of my PC" I mean the IP address of my system when I'm not connected to the VPN connection. In general, is it possible for a website…
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Localized servers for various continents without manually dumping the datas?

Would you explain me how is possible to set up a configuration like this (example) (LAMP): 1 Main server (in europe for example) with database, static files, php, etc. Other servers in others continents (reducing network time) site.fr, site.de,…
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IP address precise location

Looking for a way to get precise location of an IP address, including those owned by big corps. For instance, the address 209.85.251.40 is owned by Google and most Geo-IP tools show Mountain view, but I don't think that is the case - this is the…
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VPN: Only route US Ips

I'd like to route only Ips from within the US via my vpn. I can't find a specific range for States. How can I do that properly?
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3G/Edge/GPRS IP addresses and geocoding

So, we're looking to develop a mobile website. On this mobile website, we'd like to automatically populate a user's location (with proper fallback) based on their IP address. I'm aware of geocoding a location based on IP address (mapping to…
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How to locate a server geographically from URL

In order to minimize latency for HTTP GET/POST requests, I want to setup a linux box near the server. Suppose for example the server is https://cdn1.telesco.pe I've tried with traceroute and whois. i.e. running traceroute in theory returns the ip of…
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Why is a host sever location displayed differently?

I am very new to this field, and would like to get an explanation on the mechanism of the below. When I check the location of a host server, sometimes they show the location differently. For example, let's say I check the location of the server for…
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Benefit(s) of having servers ( or specifically, API Servers) in different locations for a single domain?

I am very new to this field, so my wording may not be spot on. My crypto exchange offers an API, and I stumbled upon the question when I was playing with it on AWS Cloud9 where I can change client's regions by switching EC2 instances. I was…
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Azure Database for MySQL servers: Location: service not available in this location for your subscription

I am trying to create an Azure DB MySQL server and under location I keep getting this error. " service not available in this location for your subscription." Could you guide me what needs to be selected here?
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