IP question

[Awesome_Paul]

I just used an IP thing, to find out where my IP is from.

And apparently, I got back that im located in the US (california, when I live in the UK)

 

Can anyone explain this.

Did a hacker change it or something, If so, is there a way to change it back??

[Dillon]

What is your service provider?

[Awesome_Paul]

BT, its a British provider, so its confusing how, my IP is now in California :P

[Dillon]

No idea. Mabey it has some server things in California.

[Awesome_Paul]

Though the problem is, the IP website i used, which showed me my IP. may have shown a wrong one. (is there anyway to find out your own IP)

 

EDIT: Doing abit of Research and apparently Thats not my IP, My IP is correctly in my town.

 

Yet it saying, Im using i Proxy server California. Any idea what this is, and how i can get it back to my server.

[smumpkins]

If it says that you're using a proxy, it's probably either a glitch with the site, or a setting on your browser. It doesn't matter what it says you're located at. Essentially, as long as you're online, there shouldn't be any issues. You could try setting your IE back to its default settings, if that's what you're using.

[Matt]

Randomly tells me I'm in California when searching my IP address sometimes, but with any site with regional settings, it puts me in the UK like it should. :)

 

As long as it doesn't cause any problems now, I don't see any problems occuring in the future.

[Awesome_Paul]

Apparently, when finding that proxy, Its Google proxy. and thats based in California.

 

But yeah when seraching on another site, it said, im in the UK.

[smumpkins]

The only real way of checking to see if that's the issue, would be to have a couple other people try it out. I volunteer, if you'll provide the URL. :glasses: