{"id":5357,"date":"2022-12-10T18:49:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T18:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evoxt.com\/?p=5357"},"modified":"2022-12-10T18:49:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T18:49:03","slug":"information-regarding-ip-geolocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evoxt.com\/zh\/2022\/12\/10\/information-regarding-ip-geolocation\/","title":{"rendered":"I bought a United States server, why did I get a server from xxx country?"},"content":{"rendered":"Information regarding IP Geolocation<\/strong>

\n\nWebsites track your location from your IP address, this is usually done using an IP geolocation database. This will be the same for websites such as eBay, Amazon, TikTok, etc…

\n\nA geolocation database usually works by tracking the Whois of the IP address block or waiting for ISPs to submit an IP address geolocation correction. Whois data can be obtained from RIRs. Because of such a tedious process, some geolocation databases can be out of date and not fetch the correct geolocation data. This is especially true when an ISP or a service provider just acquired an IP address and they have just updated the IP address block\u2019s whois info.\u00a0

\n\nAn example of this is when a Malaysia server is deployed but when checked with an IP address geolocation website, it displays the IP address as a United Kingdom IP address from the United Kingdom region instead of a Malaysia IP address from Malaysia region. In cases like this, it is better to consult a different geolocation database as the current one you are using might be outdated.\u00a0\nTo know your IP address location, we strongly suggest you use ipinfo.io<\/a> or maxmind.com<\/a> as they are currently the biggest IP address geolocation databases and they always spent tremendous efforts just to make sure that their geolocation data is correct.

\n\nIf the geolocation database is showing a correct IP location but on some specific websites this is showing incorrectly, this is due to some websites\u00a0choosing to fetch geolocation data infrequently, which causes the website to show your location incorrectly. If this affected your usage, we suggest contacting the website in order to get this updated.

\n\nHow about Traceroute?<\/strong>
\nTraceroute is a tool used to display the path of a packet as it travels through many different networks. It does not have any geolocation data included. If a traceroute tool is showing the location of the IP address, this is because the\u00a0traceroute tool is fetching IP geolocation data from geolocation databases which are susceptible to outdated geolocation data. If a traceroute is showing an irregularity in the country, this is usually the sign of an outdated geolocation database\u00a0used by the traceroute tool. If you are performing a traceroute from the United States to Malaysia, there is almost no way your packet will be routed to Singapore and then ends in the United Kingdom the next hop, this is a sign of outdated geolocation data.

\n\nSome misconceptions<\/strong>
\nWe have also heard a lot of terms from our China-based customers regarding \u201c\u539f\u751f IP\u201d, this is an invalid term used as there is literally no English translation for this, try translating the term to English and you will get \u201cnative IP\u201d, try Googling native IP and there will be no information on this at all. There is no such thing as a website showing an incorrect location due to the IP address not being a \u201c\u539f\u751f IP\u201d, most of the time, this is due to the geolocation database that the website is using is outdated or websites that refuse to update their geolocation data.

\n\nSome add-on points:
\n– Some customers pointed out that this is not right, you are supposed to get this info from the whois of the IP address block to determine if this is a \u201c\u539f\u751f IP\u201d.\nThis is incorrect, the whois info for a specific IP block that BGP.HE.NET displays will be the same as what providers set on RIR, this is how providers configure geolocation.
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\n\nMore add-on points:
\n– Some customers pointed out that the Abuse Contact plays a role in geolocation, which is incorrect. Abuse contact is what we use to receive abuse reports, such as phishing complaints, DDoS complaints, malware spreading complaints, copyright complaints \/ etc.
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