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I've used the traceroute command to see which network path packets are taking when reaching out to an EC2 instance with a public IP address.

I don't understand why at step 8 of the traceroute, packets are going to the USA (Seattle)

My EC2 is located in the AWS Paris region (eu-west-3) and my laptop making the request is located in Paris too.

Any idea why ?

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John Doe
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IP addresses are not actually associated with geographic locations. However, various services over time have attempted to map each IP address with a location.

See: How does IP geolocation service providers collect data or how does IP geolocation databases are filled? - Quora

These activities are not always accurate and nobody is responsible for updating the information whenever devices are moved or addresses are reallocated.

John Rotenstein
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  • Thank you John, it completely answers my question. Indeed the software I used (Open Visual Trace Route) was wrong (even after updating the geoip database). geotraceroute.com gave me a result that is making more sense. Thank you for the link too – John Doe Dec 17 '21 at 10:02