Ralph, You and alex exchanged:

On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, alex@yuriev.com wrote:

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Is there a more accurate method to determine the country of origin for an IP than the methods I've described above?

Yes, at least three companies have databases of pretty much all /24s and above mapped up to a zip code.

So far I've been referred to 3 commercial services, and all (including NetGeo/Ixia) fail on the example I gave (194.196.100.86).

- -Ralph

As near as we can tell, 194.196.100.86 is near Eisenhuettenstadt, Brandenburg, Deustschland. Is this good enough? Peter ----------------------------------------------------------- Peter H. Salus Chief Knowledge Officer, Matrix NetSystems Ste. 300 5001 Plaza on the Lake Austin, TX 78746 +1 512 697-0613 -----------------------------------------------------------