On 12/12/2013 12:40 PM, David E. Ross wrote: > On 12/12/2013 11:43 AM, Paul wrote: >> David E. Ross wrote: >>> On 12/11/2013 6:35 PM, Jim Dell wrote: >>>> I am having a problem with Location-Aware Browsing with SeaMonkey 2.22.1 >>>> on my desktop Windows 7 64 bit PC. It thinks I am in Dallas, Texas when >>>> I am in Dayton Ohio. On MyYahoo page when I click on detect my location >>>> I get the error message “Browser timed out getting your location” >>>> >>>> In About:config geo.enabled is set to default boolean true >>>> >>>> Anybody got any clues on how to fix this? >>>> >>>> Works OK on my Windows 8 laptop. >>>> >>> >>> I installed the SecretAgent extension from >>> <https://www.Dephormation.org.uk/SecretAgent/>. It makes servers think >>> I am jumping all over the world. >> >> I think that just changes your user agent string. >> Location ip should remain the same unless you are using >> a proxy server. >> AGOURA%20HILLS,CALIFORNIA,US but that could be Giganews server loc. >> > > When I go to certain search engines, news sites, or Internet speed > tests, the results are as if I were in a completely different nation or > even continent. I have geolocation disabled. > > By the wayk, Agoura Hills is nearby but not in the same county as I am. >
I went to the Web page at <http://www.geoip.co.uk/>; it said I was in Taiwan. I reloaded that page; it then said I was in Italy. I reloaded again; it said I was in Chile. Each time, it displayed a different IP address for me. At <http://justmyip.org/>, it had an Agoura Hills location with two IP addresses. The first one belongs to the Intel Corporation for a location about 350 miles away; I don't know why it appears. The second one is what IP Chicken at <http://www.ipchicken.com/> says is assigned by my ISP to my connection. GeoIPPro at <http://geoipro.mooo.com/>, IP2Location at <http://www.ip2location.com/>, and IPligence at <http://www.ipligence.com/geolocation> both show the same IP address as IP Chicken, again at Agoura Hills. Geolocation | Where Am I? at <http://htmlfive.appspot.com/static/whereami.html> puts me in the vicinity of Stanford University, about 325 miles away. Ookla's Speedtest at <http://www.speedtest.net/> thought I was on the southern coast of Brasil. Reloading placed me in Germany, Although it does not attempt to show my location by name, DSLReports' speed tests at <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest> seem to know where I am. It knows approximately how far I am from the test servers. While some servers seem to know where I am, enough servers are mistaken to provide me with a feeling that I am somewhat incognito. And even the most accurate geolocators have me in the wrong county. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> Where does your elected official stand? Which politicians refuse to tell us where they stand? See the non-partisan Project Vote Smart at <http://votesmart.org/>. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
