how can i find the geographic position if i know the IP address?

fred

Sometimes you cannot... there are special IP addresses that have unique first bytes.
When you transmit a signal and it goes to the router.. usually the first byte is paid any attention... for example

110.215.1.1

110 is the first byte... and most important when the transmission is first sent.. this is the general region of the recieving...

215 is the second byte ... is similar to the city or building of the destination

1 is the third and fourth byte... building or workstation .. each point locates more specifically.


127 is a first byte that is commonly used for loop back... hard to explain

192 is another that is found all through out the country... they also have subnet masks..which I only vaguely remember from software fundamentals and operating systems class...

Point is sometimes you cannot locate by IP.

You can always find you location from any ip address ask any cop or fbi or ranger ..

Now does the public able to get that info no thats why we are the public.

ASk yourself then why does the cops know where u are at with a cell phone in the first sec u dial 911. Even if its from a gmail phone. Trust me they can do it.

thank you guys for trying to help, and i am still hoping that some expert comes along..........

Most IPs use servers located in many different geographic locations.

Finding the one you are looking for would take more computing power than you probably have.

lol, i did not realize that is very complicated, thanks for the advice,,,,,,

It doesnt take that much power . Its the computer which doenst need to be that powerful and the program with the device. Good grief the cops have it in their car.

ok 20111 so how to do it, do i need a soft ware? i need specifics

call the cops and yes u need the money lol

Thats not a big problem.

For this all you need is Geolite database which is available freely online. Few lines, less than 20, would give completed details of an IP.
You will get sample code for using this database with the database.

I am web developer and use this frequently in php.

Hope this helps

You can download it at the site - adf.ly/IpaRa

You can download the format you want in.

Ever heard of dhcp

Meaning it changes they dont go by ip .They go by mac address that you cant change.

Whatismyipaddress.com

Now, due to dhcp best it can give you is the major city that the dhcp server resides in.

thank you very much moobear, you are the best in the west

fred

HI moobear,

i checked several IP and it gave me the accurate city location, except for one. it is in Arkansas, but it gave me yahoo location of Sunnyvile, CA???? why is that?

thank you

again wrong the very meaning of dhcp is that its dynamic meaning it will change and that tip will be different tomorrow. The MAC address is one of many things that is your geo position. not the ip. Heard of spoofing . so if u went by ip address to find me u would never find me.