How to see on the IP where someone is from

[joape382]

How can you see on the IP number from where someone comes? Are there lists which specify this somewhere? Where can I find this information?

 

[MTandSAV]

on ripe.net you can enter the IP and you can see how own this IP. It still doesn't give you a lot of info where the person actually is. Maybe the country where the person is in.

CCNA, CCNP..partly

 

[bierhunter]

This one will give you a city location for an IP.

http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm?GetLocation

It told me what city I'm in, but I don't know if it's international or not.

BierHunter
CNE, MCSE, CCNP

 

[joape382]

Thanks you for your replies,

I actually wonder about the technique behind this, so that I could implement solutions myself using this technique.

Joachim

 

[ChrisAC]

I tried that link. It was waaaayyyyy out!!

You can do a whois on any IP range and see who it's registed to and where they are located but it still doesn't tell you where that IP address is *actually* in use. It's more of a guess.

Chris.

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[bierhunter]

Yeah, with IPv4, the whole Lat-Long Geographic tracking of addresses is still hit and miss. The database is pretty much dependant upon what ISP is using what subnets and then going by the city the ISP is in and assuming the user is there as well.

Once IPv6 is fully out, it'll be much easier to track people down. But that's probably at least another week or so away.

BierHunter
CNE, MCSE, CCNP

 

[davidg1]

I found this one better

http://www.vxip.net

. They have alot of useful tools