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look up country using IP Address or hostname

Synopsis

geouplookup6 [-d directory] [-f filename] [-v] <ipaddress|hostname>

Description

geouplookup6 uses the GeoIP library and database to find the Country that an IP address or hostname originates from. You must install a database suitable for geoiplookup6. IE: GeoIPv6.dat

For example:

geouplookup6 2001:4860:0:1001::68

geoiplookup6 ipv6.google.com

will find the Country that 2001:4860:0:1001::68 originates from, in the following format:

US, United States

Options

-f: Specify a custom path to a single GeoIP datafile.
-d: Specify a custom directory containing GeoIP datafile(s). By default geouplookup6 looks in /usr/share/GeoIP
-v: Lists the date and build number for the GeoIP datafile(s).