Hello Michiel van der Vlist!

** On Monday 03.01.22 - 17:11, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Anna Christina Nass:

..(Before, I chose the he.net tunnel to ensure a static
prefix, but I had more and more trouble because of GeoIP
stuff for some services...)

MvdV> A well known problem. When I used a he.net tunnel,
MvdV> most geolocation services positioned me in the USA,
MvdV> despite the POP being in Amsterdam...

Is accurate geo-location critical? I find it amusing, and
somewhat satisfying when an IP Lookup points my connection out
of province, or miles and miles away which is probably based on
the location of the server. But sometimes the latter seems to
change even though I might have a fixed IP.

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On 3 Jan 2022 19.13, August Abolins wrote:

Hello Michiel van der Vlist!

** On Monday 03.01.22 - 17:11, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Anna Christina Nass:

..(Before, I chose the he.net tunnel to ensure a static
prefix, but I had more and more trouble because of GeoIP
stuff for some services...)

MvdV> A well known problem. When I used a he.net tunnel,
MvdV> most geolocation services positioned me in the USA,
MvdV> despite the POP being in Amsterdam...

Is accurate geo-location critical? I find it amusing, and
somewhat satisfying when an IP Lookup points my connection out
of province, or miles and miles away which is probably based on
the location of the server. But sometimes the latter seems to
change even though I might have a fixed IP.

It is not critical, but if I use my he.net tunnel for web browsing, I
find it quite annoying that many websites speak dutch to me. My he.net
tunnel is terminated in Amsterdam.

However, I like the static /64 and /48 from HE and I still use it for
server purposes.

Now I also have a private /112 network out of my Hetzner /64, so I now
have a fixed ipv6 for my laptop and my telephone, even if I'm out
travelling. Like now.

And that Hetzner /64 is in Finland, so no problems with finnish services.

'Tommi
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Hello August,

On Monday January 03 2022 12:13, you wrote to me:

Is accurate geo-location critical? I find it amusing, and
somewhat satisfying when an IP Lookup points my connection out
of province, or miles and miles away which is probably based on
the location of the server. But sometimes the latter seems to
change even though I might have a fixed IP.

Most of the time it is not critical but it can be annoying if a streaming service that your paid for does not work because of malfunctioning geolocation.


Cheers, Michiel

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Hi August!

03 Jan 2022 12:13, from August Abolins -> Michiel van der Vlist:

Is accurate geo-location critical?

Depends on what services you are using.
If the services uses geolocation to allow access, then it is critical.
Often it is also used to determine currency, language, etc.

CU, Ricsi

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