I.P. address

Pipcas

Why when I use a tool like "what is my ip?"   does it locate me 50/100 miles away?.   Yet when I've mailed someone previously they've been able to state where I am?      

Neil_Jones

Pipcas said:

Why when I use a tool like "what is my ip?"   does it locate me 50/100 miles away?.   Yet when I've mailed someone previously they've been able to state where I am?      

Because that's where it resolves to.  You won't get a physical address of 221B Baker Street without going through the courts and having a good reason to know that information.

Sometimes it may be the way your ISP sets things up or the way the websites work.  One site says I'm in Nottingham, the other says I'm in Birmingham (but if I click on "more information" on the 2nd website I get another location which isn't in Birmingham!)

tacpot12

Google "IP Address Geolocation" to find out more about how IP addresses are mapped to real world locations. You will see that it is an imprecise science, but might be more precise if you pay more for the service. 

Pipcas

tacpot12 said:

Google "IP Address Geolocation" to find out more about how IP addresses are mapped to real world locations. You will see that it is an imprecise science, but might be more precise if you pay more for the service. 

Can someone find my quite close  location from an email?  

Vitor

Pipcas said:

tacpot12 said:

Google "IP Address Geolocation" to find out more about how IP addresses are mapped to real world locations. You will see that it is an imprecise science, but might be more precise if you pay more for the service. 

Can someone find my quite close  location from an email?  

Not from an email you write from scratch. If the email comes from filling in a 'contact us' form on a web-page then the web-page can contain tracking tools which could help pin down where you are more accurately,

[Deleted User]

Vitor said:

Pipcas said:

tacpot12 said:

Google "IP Address Geolocation" to find out more about how IP addresses are mapped to real world locations. You will see that it is an imprecise science, but might be more precise if you pay more for the service. 

Can someone find my quite close  location from an email?  

Not from an email you write from scratch. If the email comes from filling in a 'contact us' form on a web-page then the web-page can contain tracking tools which could help pin down where you are more accurately,

This is incorrect. The original IP address is often sent in the header of the email so they can trace it for spam purposes and can be seen if you look for it.

[Deleted User]

Pipcas said:

Why when I use a tool like "what is my ip?"   does it locate me 50/100 miles away?.   Yet when I've mailed someone previously they've been able to state where I am?      

It depends how your Internet Service Provider (ISP) allocates address. 
Some will allocate a tranche to a particular city/area. 

forgotmyname

My IP has never been closer than 40 miles with my current ISP (Plusnet).

Quite often it puts me on the North East Coast where I live North Midlands. There are tools available to
website admins that can get a better idea of where your real location is but usually it's not worth the effort
for them to do that unless your a persistant spammer.

Pipcas

[Deleted User] said:

Vitor said:

Pipcas said:

tacpot12 said:

Google "IP Address Geolocation" to find out more about how IP addresses are mapped to real world locations. You will see that it is an imprecise science, but might be more precise if you pay more for the service. 

Can someone find my quite close  location from an email?  

Not from an email you write from scratch. If the email comes from filling in a 'contact us' form on a web-page then the web-page can contain tracking tools which could help pin down where you are more accurately,

This is incorrect. The original IP address is often sent in the header of the email so they can trace it for spam purposes and can be seen if you look for it.

How can you find the ip address, I just can't get my head around it, I've read a few things but it's not getting through  lol

J_B

I use Airband as my isp - their base is in Devon but I'm in the N W Midlands

What's my IP address often says I'm in Devon

Pipcas

Anyone use Surfshack?  IP Experiences?