<div dir="ltr">For mobile devices, Google will also geolocate you based on the wifi AP you are connected to. If you have an AP you take with you on business trips you may find the geolocation for it gets 'stuck' in particular countries for months at a time.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Scott Howard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scott@doc.net.au" target="_blank">scott@doc.net.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Google do geo-location based on both DNS and actual end-user IP, with the latter normally playing the major part.<div><br></div><div>Presuming you're in Australia, configure your system to use a US DNS server, and you'll still find yourself being redirected to <a href="http://www.google.com.au" target="_blank">www.google.com.au</a>.</div>
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<div><br></div><div> Scott</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 8:45 PM, Lincoln Dale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ltd@aristanetworks.com" target="_blank">ltd@aristanetworks.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Its likely that your question isn't "where does google think a prefix is located" but rather "where does google think the prefix for {my|upstream} name server that asks them is located.<br>
<br><br>cheers,<br>
<br>lincoln.<br clear="all"><div><span><font color="#888888"><br><span><font color="#888888">Lincoln Dale | Principal Engineer, Arista Networks Inc. | <a href="mailto:ltd@aristanetworks.com" target="_blank">ltd@aristanetworks.com</a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 1:35 PM, simon thomason <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sapage@sapage.net" target="_blank">sapage@sapage.net</a>></span> wrote:<br></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br><div>I wanted to see if there was someone on this list whom i could talk to about where google think certain prefixes are geo located. </div></div><div><br></div><div>Sorry to be a little vague on this one but not exactly certain what to ask for.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Simon T. </div></div>
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