Legions of NANOG: Here's an interesting problem. My customers are running speedtests from Ookla's speedtest.net site. The default site is in Kansas and not in Texas where we receive our internet connection. Questions: 1. How do I go about viewing the geo-coded data that accompanies my IP addresses? This is obviously a database that is kept for geo-coding purposes. The whois info for the block in question traces back to a superblock formerly owned by PSINet, Inc and has a Washington, DC address. I conclude that the geo-coding used by speedtest.net is not from the whois database. 2. If I pestered my carrier to SWIP the IP address block to me (as they should have?) would that help me solve my problem? 3. Is there anything else I need to be thinking of that would help me have better control of my geo-coding info? Are there third-party self sign up/volunteer database which house geo-coding info? Thanks in advance! Sincerely, Lorell Hathcock Chief Technology Officer SolStar Network, LLC Communications FIBER - VOIP - SECURITY - TV FTTH - Commercial - Residential Burglar - Access Control 956-478-5955 (cell) - 956-316-4090 (main) <mailto:lorell@SolStarNetwork.com> lorell@SolStarNetwork.com <http://www.solstarnetwork.com/> www.SolStarNetwork.com TX License #B19998
Best resource: http://nanog.cluepon.net/index.php/GeoIP Been down for a good long time now This is the only copy I know of it: http://web.archive.org/web/20130122055317/http://nanog.cluepon.net/index.php... Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 5:06 PM, <lorell@hathcock.org> wrote:
Legions of NANOG:
Here's an interesting problem.
My customers are running speedtests from Ookla's speedtest.net site. The default site is in Kansas and not in Texas where we receive our internet connection.
Questions:
1. How do I go about viewing the geo-coded data that accompanies my IP addresses? This is obviously a database that is kept for geo-coding purposes. The whois info for the block in question traces back to a superblock formerly owned by PSINet, Inc and has a Washington, DC address. I conclude that the geo-coding used by speedtest.net is not from the whois database.
2. If I pestered my carrier to SWIP the IP address block to me (as they should have?) would that help me solve my problem?
3. Is there anything else I need to be thinking of that would help me have better control of my geo-coding info? Are there third-party self sign up/volunteer database which house geo-coding info?
Thanks in advance!
Sincerely,
Lorell Hathcock
Chief Technology Officer
SolStar Network, LLC
Communications
FIBER - VOIP - SECURITY - TV
FTTH - Commercial - Residential
Burglar - Access Control
956-478-5955 (cell) - 956-316-4090 (main)
<mailto:lorell@SolStarNetwork.com> lorell@SolStarNetwork.com
<http://www.solstarnetwork.com/> www.SolStarNetwork.com
TX License #B19998
All: Very helpful. Another also helped me track down that Ookla uses MaxMind.com for their GeoIP data. I was able to submit a GeoIP location correction request. A guy at speedtest.net suggested that MaxMind may pay me no mind because my upstream ISP may need to submit the request. That makes perfect sense to me, but it doesn’t hurt to try I hope. Thanks NANOG! You’re the best! -L From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh@imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 4:18 PM To: Lorell Hathcock <lorell@hathcock.org> Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: speedtest vs geo-coding IP info Best resource: http://nanog.cluepon.net/index.php/GeoIP Been down for a good long time now This is the only copy I know of it: http://web.archive.org/web/20130122055317/http://nanog.cluepon.net/index.php... <http://web.archive.org/web/20130122055317/http:/nanog.cluepon.net/index.php/GeoIP> Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 5:06 PM, <lorell@hathcock.org <mailto:lorell@hathcock.org> > wrote: Legions of NANOG: Here's an interesting problem. My customers are running speedtests from Ookla's speedtest.net <http://speedtest.net> site. The default site is in Kansas and not in Texas where we receive our internet connection. Questions: 1. How do I go about viewing the geo-coded data that accompanies my IP addresses? This is obviously a database that is kept for geo-coding purposes. The whois info for the block in question traces back to a superblock formerly owned by PSINet, Inc and has a Washington, DC address. I conclude that the geo-coding used by speedtest.net <http://speedtest.net> is not from the whois database. 2. If I pestered my carrier to SWIP the IP address block to me (as they should have?) would that help me solve my problem? 3. Is there anything else I need to be thinking of that would help me have better control of my geo-coding info? Are there third-party self sign up/volunteer database which house geo-coding info? Thanks in advance! Sincerely, Lorell Hathcock Chief Technology Officer SolStar Network, LLC Communications FIBER - VOIP - SECURITY - TV FTTH - Commercial - Residential Burglar - Access Control 956-478-5955 <tel:956-478-5955> (cell) - 956-316-4090 <tel:956-316-4090> (main) <mailto:lorell@SolStarNetwork.com <mailto:lorell@SolStarNetwork.com> > lorell@SolStarNetwork.com <mailto:lorell@SolStarNetwork.com> <http://www.solstarnetwork.com/> www.SolStarNetwork.com <http://www.SolStarNetwork.com> TX License #B19998
Your block should be SWIP'ed irrelevant of geolocation/Speedtest server/etc if it's sizable. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Lorell Hathcock <lorell@hathcock.org> wrote:
All:
Very helpful. Another also helped me track down that Ookla uses MaxMind.com for their GeoIP data. I was able to submit a GeoIP location correction request. A guy at speedtest.net suggested that MaxMind may pay me no mind because my upstream ISP may need to submit the request. That makes perfect sense to me, but it doesn’t hurt to try I hope.
Thanks NANOG! You’re the best!
-L
*From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh@imaginenetworksllc.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 28, 2015 4:18 PM *To:* Lorell Hathcock <lorell@hathcock.org> *Cc:* NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org> *Subject:* Re: speedtest vs geo-coding IP info
Best resource: http://nanog.cluepon.net/index.php/GeoIP
Been down for a good long time now
This is the only copy I know of it:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130122055317/http://nanog.cluepon.net/index.php... <http://web.archive.org/web/20130122055317/http:/nanog.cluepon.net/index.php/GeoIP>
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 5:06 PM, <lorell@hathcock.org> wrote:
Legions of NANOG:
Here's an interesting problem.
My customers are running speedtests from Ookla's speedtest.net site. The default site is in Kansas and not in Texas where we receive our internet connection.
Questions:
1. How do I go about viewing the geo-coded data that accompanies my IP addresses? This is obviously a database that is kept for geo-coding purposes. The whois info for the block in question traces back to a superblock formerly owned by PSINet, Inc and has a Washington, DC address. I conclude that the geo-coding used by speedtest.net is not from the whois database.
2. If I pestered my carrier to SWIP the IP address block to me (as they should have?) would that help me solve my problem?
3. Is there anything else I need to be thinking of that would help me have better control of my geo-coding info? Are there third-party self sign up/volunteer database which house geo-coding info?
Thanks in advance!
Sincerely,
Lorell Hathcock
Chief Technology Officer
SolStar Network, LLC
Communications
FIBER - VOIP - SECURITY - TV
FTTH - Commercial - Residential
Burglar - Access Control
956-478-5955 (cell) - 956-316-4090 (main)
<mailto:lorell@SolStarNetwork.com> lorell@SolStarNetwork.com
<http://www.solstarnetwork.com/> www.SolStarNetwork.com
TX License #B19998
Agreed. If you have more than a /29, it needs to be SWIPed to you regardless. Then you have a little more authority with getting GeoIP changes made. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Luthman" <josh@imaginenetworksllc.com> To: "Lorell Hathcock" <lorell@hathcock.org> Cc: "NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 5:40:59 PM Subject: Re: speedtest vs geo-coding IP info Your block should be SWIP'ed irrelevant of geolocation/Speedtest server/etc if it's sizable. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Lorell Hathcock <lorell@hathcock.org> wrote:
All:
Very helpful. Another also helped me track down that Ookla uses MaxMind.com for their GeoIP data. I was able to submit a GeoIP location correction request. A guy at speedtest.net suggested that MaxMind may pay me no mind because my upstream ISP may need to submit the request. That makes perfect sense to me, but it doesn’t hurt to try I hope.
Thanks NANOG! You’re the best!
-L
*From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh@imaginenetworksllc.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 28, 2015 4:18 PM *To:* Lorell Hathcock <lorell@hathcock.org> *Cc:* NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org> *Subject:* Re: speedtest vs geo-coding IP info
Best resource: http://nanog.cluepon.net/index.php/GeoIP
Been down for a good long time now
This is the only copy I know of it:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130122055317/http://nanog.cluepon.net/index.php... <http://web.archive.org/web/20130122055317/http:/nanog.cluepon.net/index.php/GeoIP>
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 5:06 PM, <lorell@hathcock.org> wrote:
Legions of NANOG:
Here's an interesting problem.
My customers are running speedtests from Ookla's speedtest.net site. The default site is in Kansas and not in Texas where we receive our internet connection.
Questions:
1. How do I go about viewing the geo-coded data that accompanies my IP addresses? This is obviously a database that is kept for geo-coding purposes. The whois info for the block in question traces back to a superblock formerly owned by PSINet, Inc and has a Washington, DC address. I conclude that the geo-coding used by speedtest.net is not from the whois database.
2. If I pestered my carrier to SWIP the IP address block to me (as they should have?) would that help me solve my problem?
3. Is there anything else I need to be thinking of that would help me have better control of my geo-coding info? Are there third-party self sign up/volunteer database which house geo-coding info?
Thanks in advance!
Sincerely,
Lorell Hathcock
Chief Technology Officer
SolStar Network, LLC
Communications
FIBER - VOIP - SECURITY - TV
FTTH - Commercial - Residential
Burglar - Access Control
956-478-5955 (cell) - 956-316-4090 (main)
<mailto:lorell@SolStarNetwork.com> lorell@SolStarNetwork.com
<http://www.solstarnetwork.com/> www.SolStarNetwork.com
TX License #B19998
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