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| + | == Package info== | ||
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| + | Homepage: http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/legacy/downloadable | ||
| + | Description: easily lookup countries by IP addresses, even when Reverse DNS entries don't exist | ||
| + | License: LGPL-2.1 GPL-2 MaxMind2 | ||
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| + | <p>geoip offers free versions of their databases which are claimed to be 99.5% accurate. They are updated once per month on the 2nd. | ||
| + | </p> | ||
== installation (gentoo) == | == installation (gentoo) == | ||
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/usr/share/GeoIP | /usr/share/GeoIP | ||
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| + | == usage examples == | ||
check database versions | check database versions | ||
| − | # geoiplookup -v /usr/share/GeoIP | + | # '''geoiplookup -v /usr/share/GeoIP''' |
lookup country only | lookup country only | ||
| − | # geoiplookup -f /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat 31.192.109.7 | + | # '''geoiplookup -f /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat 31.192.109.7''' |
GeoIP Country Edition: RU, Russian Federation | GeoIP Country Edition: RU, Russian Federation | ||
lookup city only | lookup city only | ||
| − | # geoiplookup -f /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat 142.11.235.1 | + | # '''geoiplookup -f /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat 142.11.235.1''' |
GeoIP City Edition, Rev 1: US, OK, Oklahoma, Tulsa, 74103, 36.155399, -95.993896, 671, 918 | GeoIP City Edition, Rev 1: US, OK, Oklahoma, Tulsa, 74103, 36.155399, -95.993896, 671, 918 | ||
lookup ASN only | lookup ASN only | ||
| − | # geoiplookup -f /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPASNum.dat 216.77.188.73 | + | # '''geoiplookup -f /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPASNum.dat 216.77.188.73''' |
GeoIP ASNum Edition: AS6389 BellSouth.net Inc. | GeoIP ASNum Edition: AS6389 BellSouth.net Inc. | ||
| − | == | + | == update the free databases == |
| − | + | # geoipupdate.sh -f | |
| − | # | + | Updating GeoIP databases... |
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[[category:geolocation]] | [[category:geolocation]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:18, 23 June 2016
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Package info
Homepage: http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/legacy/downloadable Description: easily lookup countries by IP addresses, even when Reverse DNS entries don't exist License: LGPL-2.1 GPL-2 MaxMind2
geoip offers free versions of their databases which are claimed to be 99.5% accurate. They are updated once per month on the 2nd.
installation (gentoo)
# emerge -av --quiet dev-libs/geoip
default data directory
/usr/share/GeoIP
usage examples
check database versions
# geoiplookup -v /usr/share/GeoIP
lookup country only
# geoiplookup -f /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat 31.192.109.7 GeoIP Country Edition: RU, Russian Federation
lookup city only
# geoiplookup -f /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat 142.11.235.1 GeoIP City Edition, Rev 1: US, OK, Oklahoma, Tulsa, 74103, 36.155399, -95.993896, 671, 918
lookup ASN only
# geoiplookup -f /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPASNum.dat 216.77.188.73 GeoIP ASNum Edition: AS6389 BellSouth.net Inc.
update the free databases
# geoipupdate.sh -f Updating GeoIP databases...
