[Starlink] Info on IP country ranges

[Noel Butler]

Thanks, it seems they are trying it on then :)

On 04/12/2023 10:44, J Pan wrote:

> starlink advertises its customer ip address location at
> http://geoip.starlinkisp.net (not always updated but good enough in
> most cases and traceroute can confirm to some extent as well)
> --
> J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), Pan at UVic.CA, 
> Web.UVic.CA/~pan
> 
> On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 4:15 PM Noel Butler via Starlink
> <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> 
>> I run an open access usenet server, but only for those within my CC, 
>> so access is by IP based on our CC allocations from APNIC.
>> 
>> Because IPv4 exhaustion this changes sometimes with buying allocations 
>> from other regions, and if they get denied access I encourage them to 
>> let us know so we can keep ACL's updated, I've had a request from a 
>> starlink user who claims they are here, but traceroute shows them in 
>> .DE
>> 
>> tracing some 217.foo.ad.dr
>> 
>> ...
>> 9 ae-6.r21.frnkge13.de.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.3.183) 290.223 ms 
>> 290.180 ms ae-1.r20.frnkge13.de.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.7.35) 280.523 
>> ms
>> 10 ae-1.a03.frnkge13.de.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.3.152) 290.109 ms 
>> 289.667 ms 292.864 ms
>> 11 ae-0.spacex.frnkge13.de.bb.gin.ntt.net (213.198.72.19) 279.611 ms 
>> 278.840 ms 279.592 ms
>> 12 undefined.hostname.localhost (206.224.65.189) 280.127 ms 278.506 ms 
>> 284.265 ms
>> 13 undefined.hostname.localhost (206.224.65.209) 284.198 ms 
>> undefined.hostname.localhost (206.224.65.201) 274.663 ms 273.073 ms
>> 14 * * *
>> 
>> As it is our policy to not collect any user info or issue user/pass's 
>> and  only allow access by IP, I'm hoping someone here knows if they 
>> are full of it, or does starlink really assign addresses from 
>> anywhere? That one hardly makes sense for user experience, or maybe 
>> starlink has so few users in this country they haven't bothered 
>> changing anything yet?
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Noel Butler
>> 
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Regards,
Noel Butler
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