Detect Country C#

[Antoni Massó Mola]

Hi,

I need to detect from which Country (City would be great) the user is
connecting.

Is there any free script for doing this in C#?

Thanks

[John Saunders]

"Antoni Massó Mola" <am****@trilium software.com> wrote in message
news:On******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. ..

Hi,

I need to detect from which Country (City would be great) the user is
connecting.

Is there any free script for doing this in C#?

In general, this cannot be done. Although IP address ranges are allocated by
companies, and although a company may have an address, there is nothing
which demands that a given IP address may only be used within the country in
which the registering company is located.

You'd probably be better off asking the user where he or she is located, and
then hope that the user isn't moving between countries.
--
John Saunders
John.Saunders at SurfControl.com

[Antoni Massó Mola]

There are a number of website who have this service and decect the country
of my IP.

There must be a way to achieve this. I'll search to see if there is a
commercial version.

"John Saunders" <john.saunder s at SurfControl.com > wrote in message
news:OQ******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP12.phx.gbl. ..

"Antoni Massó Mola" <am****@trilium software.com> wrote in message
news:On******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. ..

Hi,

I need to detect from which Country (City would be great) the user is
connecting.

Is there any free script for doing this in C#?
In general, this cannot be done. Although IP address ranges are allocated

by companies, and although a company may have an address, there is nothing
which demands that a given IP address may only be used within the country in which the registering company is located.

You'd probably be better off asking the user where he or she is located, and then hope that the user isn't moving between countries.
--
John Saunders
John.Saunders at SurfControl.com

[Steve Drake]

this.Page.Reque st.UserLanguage s.GetValue(0).T oString() will give you a
language setting, eg en-gb for UK and en-us for the USA, plus many many
more, have a look at TOOLS - OPTIONS - LANGUAGES (button) - ADD (button).

but... this tells you what language the user wants the website to be in, but
in most cases this could be the country, if its for a form you could default
the language based on this value. This is what GOOGLE ect use to redirect
the countries version of the website.

Steve

"Antoni Massó Mola" <am****@trilium software.com> wrote in message
news:On******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...

Hi,

I need to detect from which Country (City would be great) the user is
connecting.

Is there any free script for doing this in C#?

Thanks

[John Saunders]

"Antoni Massó Mola" <am****@trilium software.com> wrote in message
news:e9******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP09.phx.gbl.. .

There are a number of website who have this service and decect the country
of my IP.

There must be a way to achieve this. I'll search to see if there is a
commercial version.

There are a number of commercial versions which are unable to tell you the
actual country the user is in. This is because IP addresses cannot reliably
be used to tell you the country.

There is nothing in the standards or RFCs which says that there must be a
correspondence between ranges of IP addresses and countries. Any of these
services are simply using a fluke of the registration process - that when
someone registers for a range of IP addresses, an address is recorded, and
that the address contains a country. But this has absolutely nothing to do
with how those IP addresses are distributed, or to which country.

Sorry, but if you need something reliable (perhaps for legal reasons), then
this isn't it.
--
John Saunders
John.Saunders at SurfControl.com

[Antoni Massó Mola]

Yes, you are correct.

I've only found databases with tons of IP's.
"John Saunders" <john.saunder s at SurfControl.com > wrote in message
news:uo******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP10.phx.gbl.. .

"Antoni Massó Mola" <am****@trilium software.com> wrote in message
news:e9******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP09.phx.gbl.. .

There are a number of website who have this service and decect the country of my IP.

There must be a way to achieve this. I'll search to see if there is a
commercial version.
There are a number of commercial versions which are unable to tell you the
actual country the user is in. This is because IP addresses cannot

reliably be used to tell you the country.

There is nothing in the standards or RFCs which says that there must be a
correspondence between ranges of IP addresses and countries. Any of these
services are simply using a fluke of the registration process - that when
someone registers for a range of IP addresses, an address is recorded, and
that the address contains a country. But this has absolutely nothing to do
with how those IP addresses are distributed, or to which country.

Sorry, but if you need something reliable (perhaps for legal reasons), then this isn't it.
--
John Saunders
John.Saunders at SurfControl.com

[Antoni Massó Mola]

Thanks Steve!

"Steve Drake" <St***@NOSPAMDr akey.co.uk> wrote in message
news:eQ******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP09.phx.gbl. ..

this.Page.Reque st.UserLanguage s.GetValue(0).T oString() will give you a
language setting, eg en-gb for UK and en-us for the USA, plus many many
more, have a look at TOOLS - OPTIONS - LANGUAGES (button) - ADD (button).

but... this tells you what language the user wants the website to be in, but in most cases this could be the country, if its for a form you could default the language based on this value. This is what GOOGLE ect use to redirect
the countries version of the website.

Steve

"Antoni Massó Mola" <am****@trilium software.com> wrote in message
news:On******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...

Hi,

I need to detect from which Country (City would be great) the user is
connecting.

Is there any free script for doing this in C#?

Thanks

[John Saunders]

"Antoni Massó Mola" <am****@trilium software.com> wrote in message
news:%2******** **********@TK2M SFTNGP10.phx.gb l...

Yes, you are correct.

I've only found databases with tons of IP's.
And if these IPs can reliably tell you the country corresponding to the IP
address, then I'll be very surprised.

--
John Saunders
John.Saunders at SurfControl.com
"John Saunders" <john.saunder s at SurfControl.com > wrote in message
news:uo******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP10.phx.gbl.. .

"Antoni Massó Mola" <am****@trilium software.com> wrote in message
news:e9******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP09.phx.gbl.. .

There are a number of website who have this service and decect the country of my IP.

There must be a way to achieve this. I'll search to see if there is a
commercial version.

There are a number of commercial versions which are unable to tell you the actual country the user is in. This is because IP addresses cannot

reliably

be used to tell you the country.

There is nothing in the standards or RFCs which says that there must be a correspondence between ranges of IP addresses and countries. Any of these services are simply using a fluke of the registration process - that when someone registers for a range of IP addresses, an address is recorded, and that the address contains a country. But this has absolutely nothing to do with how those IP addresses are distributed, or to which country.

Sorry, but if you need something reliable (perhaps for legal reasons),

then

this isn't it.
--
John Saunders
John.Saunders at SurfControl.com