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MusicAddict, I am a network engineer by profession; it is my job to work with IPV4. It cannot reliably pinpoint a location. For example, my current IP:
IP address: [removed]
Reverse DNS: [removed].dhcp.stpt.wi.charter.com.
Reverse DNS authenticity: [Verified]
ASN: 20115
ASN Name: CHARTER-NET-HKY-NC
IP range connectivity: 4
Registrar (per ASN): ARIN
Country (per IP registrar): US [United States]
Country Currency: USD [United States Dollars]
Country IP Range: 71.64.0.0 to 71.127.255.255
Country fraud profile: Normal
City (per outside source): Madison, Wisconsin
Country (per outside source): US [United States]
Private (internal) IP? No
IP address registrar: whois.arin.net
Known Proxy? No
Link for WHOIS: [removed]
I am in Wausau, not Madison. Madison is at least an hours drive from here.
my parent's last IP:
IP address: [removed]
Reverse DNS: [removed].plusnet.ptn-ag1.dyn.plus.net.
Reverse DNS authenticity: [Verified]
ASN: 6871
ASN Name: Plusnet (PlusNet PLC)
IP range connectivity: 4
Registrar (per ASN): RIPE
Country (per IP registrar): GB [United Kingdom]
Country Currency: GBP [United Kingdom Pounds]
Country IP Range: 87.112.0.0 to 87.115.255.255
Country fraud profile: Normal
City (per outside source): London, England
Country (per outside source): UK [United Kingdom]
Private (internal) IP? No
IP address registrar: whois.ripe.net
Known Proxy? No
Link for WHOIS: [removed]
My parents are 3 1/2 hours drive from London.
It is the unreliability of IPV4 geolocation methods that is giving me a final year project worthy of my degree.