Ip Address Location Wrong

[Zinic]

If you look below, you will see my "location", but really I live in Oregon (This would be nice speeds if I really were 1700 miles away).

So whats wrong? Windows 7's fault, or Speedtest.net's fault.

BTW How do I enable my signature?

Edit: I just looked up in another site, and it had my location wrong.

 

[richc46]

If you look at my signature, you will see my "location", but really I live in Oregon (This would be nice speeds if I really tested 1700 miles away).

So whats wrong? Windows 7's fault, or Speedtest.net's fault.

Edit: Hold on, Sig not showing.

They test from the nearest location. Im in CT, I'm tested NJ.

 

[Qdos]

I'd suspect your ISP for pushing you through a node that distance from your home, as that's sometimes perfectly normal - or speedtest.net may have linked to an unreliable lookup service...

 

[Zinic]

I got the pic up now.

 

[Frostmourne]

It would depend on your ISP.

 

[AntiSilence]

Does your ISP use a proxy?

 

[Zinic]

Does your ISP use a proxy?

No. Don't think so. So this is my ISP's fault?

The location was right when I had Vista. Should I call my ISP?

 

[AntiSilence]

I'd give your ISP a call on the off-chance that they can sort it. I can't think of anything that would cause the location to be incorrect in Win7 from Vista as your IP is assigned by your ISP and not Windows.

 

[Zinic]

Umm I will try.

 

[mckillwashere]

The server location is the location of the server you are testing too. not were you are testing from.

See






All different servers all done within minutes

 

[Zinic]

All my computers that are connected to my router have the same IP adress. I checked. Also I got a windows error saying that my IP address is the same as another computer on the network.

I live in Oregon, but when I google "My IP address location" many different sites pinned me at Missouri.

 

[mckillwashere]

Alot of isp's have a range of ips the issue they dont always match the area that they are listed to that's the registered location. Isp's use dhcp servers like home routers do, just on large scale. The error you are getting is because two computers on your network have the same ip set. And easy way to fix that is insure dhcp is enabled on all of your machines and then run ipconfig /release and the ipconfig /renew from the cmd line. to get to that type cmd in the run menu.
I hope that helps some

 

[Zinic]

Ok our computers have different IP address'. We both are still on the wrong location in the US. About 1750 miles off.

 

[mckillwashere]

The ip address isn't going to point to your house. its going to point to a random location that the ip address that you isp has designated. This is for your security.
If some random person got your ip address, like nay time you go to a website that logs ip's do you want them to be able to come to your house?

 

[Zinic]

Well it should be around my area. It's freaking over 1700 miles off!!

 

[Qdos]

Well it should be around my area. It's freaking over 1700 miles off!!

And the problem is ..............................

 

[mckillwashere]

Problem, there isnt one.
The op doesn't understand that his ip address does not have to point to his direct area.
There ip address is issued from a nationwide DHCP server for there ISP.
Because of that the ip address you are given can be registered to another location.
The only time an ip will show your exact location is if you purchase a dynamic ip address.