MusicAddict, I am a network engineer by profession; it is my job to work with IPV4. It cannot reliably pinpoint a location. For example, my current IP: Code: IP address: [removed] Reverse DNS: [removed].dhcp.stpt.wi.charter.com. Reverse DNS authenticity: [Verified] ASN: 20115 ASN Name: CHARTER-NET-HKY-NC IP range connectivity: 4 Registrar (per ASN): ARIN Country (per IP registrar): US [United States] Country Currency: USD [United States Dollars] Country IP Range: 71.64.0.0 to 71.127.255.255 Country fraud profile: Normal City (per outside source): Madison, Wisconsin Country (per outside source): US [United States] Private (internal) IP? No IP address registrar: whois.arin.net Known Proxy? No Link for WHOIS: [removed] I am in Wausau, not Madison. Madison is at least an hours drive from here. my parent's last IP: Code: IP address: [removed] Reverse DNS: [removed].plusnet.ptn-ag1.dyn.plus.net. Reverse DNS authenticity: [Verified] ASN: 6871 ASN Name: Plusnet (PlusNet PLC) IP range connectivity: 4 Registrar (per ASN): RIPE Country (per IP registrar): GB [United Kingdom] Country Currency: GBP [United Kingdom Pounds] Country IP Range: 87.112.0.0 to 87.115.255.255 Country fraud profile: Normal City (per outside source): London, England Country (per outside source): UK [United Kingdom] Private (internal) IP? No IP address registrar: whois.ripe.net Known Proxy? No Link for WHOIS: [removed] My parents are 3 1/2 hours drive from London. It is the unreliability of IPV4 geolocation methods that is giving me a final year project worthy of my degree.
