different geoIP services may show different locations it really depends on the ISP
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Alkaline <alkal...@cableone.net> wrote: > 206.123.95.51 > My Dallas server but geoip shows it in New York, a bit off imo. > Seems whois is showing a dallas address. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Krasnow" <mnk...@gmail.com> > To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" > <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:20 PM > Subject: Re: [hlds] Master Server Move > > > > it doesn't matter, its still more accurate, > > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:05 PM, msleeper > > <mslee...@ismsleeperwrong.com>wrote: > > > >> What about ISPs and IP providers whose GeoIP data are not even in the > >> same area? Most GeoIP lookups are based on whois data of the IPs in > >> question, so if your IPs are owned by a company on the west coast, but > >> the datacenter you are in is in the east coast, then you're going to be > >> getting some pissed off west coasters with high ping. > >> > >> > >> On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 20:49 -0400, Spencer 'voogru' MacDonald wrote: > >> > GeoIP has been accurate enough. Even if it's off by 500 miles it's > >> > still > >> far > >> > better than the octets of the IP which is what they do right now. > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > >> > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Cc2iscooL > >> > Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:36 PM > >> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > >> > Subject: Re: [hlds] Master Server Move > >> > > >> > I hope all your IP addresses of both your clients and your servers > have > >> the > >> > correct geo IP data. > >> > > >> > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Kyle Sanderson <kyle.l...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > > I think I love you Zoid, > >> > > > >> > > Kyle. > >> > > > >> > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 2:54 PM, DontWannaName! < > >> ad...@topnotchclan.com > >> > > >wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > That was broken anyways in TF2 I believe... > >> > > > > >> > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 2:27 PM, 1nsane <1nsane...@gmail.com> > >> > > > wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > > So it will no longer sort by ip similarity? Thank the dragons! > >> > > > > > >> > > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Zoid Kirsch < > >> z...@valvesoftware.com> > >> > > > > wrote: > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > On Wednesday April 14th we will be moving the HL2Master > servers > >> to a > >> > > > new > >> > > > > > set of IP addresses. One of the major new features is the new > >> > > Masters > >> > > > > > should return dedicated servers ordered by their geographical > >> > > distance > >> > > > > from > >> > > > > > the player requesting the server list, making for lower > latency > >> and > >> > > > > better > >> > > > > > connections. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > Dedicated server operators will generally have to restart > their > >> > > > dedicated > >> > > > > > servers after this move to ensure they will correctly pick up > >> > > > > > the > >> > new > >> > > > > > addresses of the these Masters. The server browser in the > >> > > > > > Steam > >> > > client > >> > > > > and > >> > > > > > in games such as Team Fortress 2 will automatically move to > the > >> new > >> > > > > Masters. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > Server operators that manually set their master servers (we > >> > recommend > >> > > > > > against this practice however) please use " > >> > > hl2master.steampowered.com" > >> > > > > to > >> > > > > > refer to them instead of the IPs directly. This name returns > >> > > > > > all > >> > > Master > >> > > > > > addresses. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > We will update once the move is complete. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > -- > >> > > > > > /// Zoid. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >> > > archives, > >> > > > > > please visit: > >> > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >> archives, > >> > > > > please visit: > >> > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > > > > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >> archives, > >> > > > please visit: > >> > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >> > > archives, > >> > > please visit: > >> > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> > please visit: > >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> please visit: > >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> please visit: > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
