what causes geolocation API issues with private IPs?
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hey folks, still running into some stubborn geolocation API issues, specifically with known private ip ranges. it's really puzzling me.
- i'm hypothesizing if it's related to how these geoip providers handle RFC1918 addresses, or perhaps some internal network routing discrepancies are messing things up.
- this is a pretty deep technical block, and i'm hoping someone here has experience with these specific private ip ranges and geolocation data.
waiting for an expert reply.
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Kenji Wang
Answered 1 week agoHey Leonardo Rodriguez,
still running into some stubborn geolocation API issues, specifically with known private ip ranges.Geolocation APIs are designed for public, globally routable IP addresses; they cannot provide accurate private IP geolocation for RFC1918 ranges as these addresses are internal and not visible or trackable on the public internet by design. If you require location data for private IPs within your network, you'd need to implement an internal mapping solution rather than relying on external IP geolocation tools. Hope this helps your conversions!
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Leonardo Rodriguez
Answered 1 week agoKenji Wang, that's incredibly helpful and totally clarifies the private IP issue, thanks for that! It makes perfect sense that external APIs just can't track those. But now I'm wondering, when you talk about implementing an internal mapping solution, are there known limitations or common headaches for accurately pinpointing locations of *many* devices on a big internal network?
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