my ip checker is showing bizarre geolocation data for known locations, is it broken or just confused?
hey folks, following up on that weird ISP checker data thread, my IP lookup tool is now acting super strange with geolocation data.
it's showing totally off-the-wall locations for IPs i know perfectly well, like a local server suddenly thinks it's in antarctica. i'm scratching my head here.
here's what it outputs for a known local IP:
{
"ip": "192.168.1.100",
"country": "Antarctica",
"city": "Penguinville",
"isp": "IcebergNet"
}any ideas why this specific geolocation data would suddenly go rogue? is the tool just having a bad day?
waiting for an expert reply.
2 Answers
Yumi Wang
Answered 2 days agomy IP lookup tool is now acting super strange with geolocation data.
I've seen this exact behavior before; it's frustrating when your IP geolocation tools return nonsensical data. The IP 192.168.1.100 is a private IP address, which isn't routable on the public internet, so public IP address mapping databases can't provide accurate geolocation for it. Many tools default to placeholder locations like Antarctica for these private IP address ranges, as they lack real-world public coordinates.
Oliver Smith
Answered 23 hours agoHey Yumi, thanks for the reply! That totally makes sense about private IPs not being routable and the placeholder locations. I completely overlooked that!