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English Forums => 25.7, 25.10 Legacy Series => Topic started by: gctwnl on May 11, 2026, 10:28:50 AM

Title: Geoblocking, IP not blocked
Post by: gctwnl on May 11, 2026, 10:28:50 AM
(Not upgraded yet, will soon)

I have some geoblocking in my firewall (mainly to prevent direct attacks/spam from a few countries). One of these countries is China, a rather large source of this. But I just noticed that 101.47.29.67 was not blocked, while it is clearly Chinese. That made me wonder: are there tables I have to update or anything else I should do?
Title: Re: Geoblocking, IP not blocked
Post by: Patrick M. Hausen on May 11, 2026, 10:33:24 AM
First step: log in to the Maxmind or IPinfo portal where you registered to set up your (assumed) free account, then check with their tools, where they locate that address.
Title: Re: Geoblocking, IP not blocked
Post by: newsense on May 13, 2026, 12:35:19 PM
> are there tables I have to update or anything else I should do?


How exactly did you set up geoblocking? We don't guess on a Wednesday
Title: Re: Geoblocking, IP not blocked
Post by: IPinfo on May 13, 2026, 06:08:45 PM
Hi,

I work for IPinfo. Why do you think, "101.47.29.67" is located in China?

Please check: https://ipinfo.io/101.47.29.67

https://ipinfo.io/probenet/live/101.47.29.67?type=ping&regions=&countries=SG

You can verify the location yourself using our ProbeNet tool that the IP address is located in Singapore. My hunch says it's probably in an Equinix data center. I can give you the exact data center location if you want. We have several servers in the same data center where this IP address is located. We have less than 2 ms RTT to verify the data center locations. Based on active measurement, we are confident about our reporting.

— Abdullah | DevRel, IPinfo