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Re: Geofeeds are good — was Re: Publishing BGP communties for your network (Re: What's up with BGP communities?)


From: Tom Beecher via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:44:09 -0500


We focus on the actual or real locations of IP addresses. A great example
we show is through our VPN report.


You report what your testing methods determine to be the location, which
may not be what it actually is.

On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 11:29 PM Abdullah DevRel of IPinfo via NANOG <
nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:

If I tell you (via my Geofeed) my address space is being used in Sydney
Australia, you should be presenting it as being used in Sydney Australia.
Not what you think is accurate or correct.

We focus on the actual or real locations of IP addresses. A great example
we show is through our VPN report.

https://ipinfo.io/blog/vpn-location-mismatch-report

— Abdullah | DevRel, IPinfo
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