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Give this a try: <a href="http://www.ip2location.com" rel="ugc">www.ip2location.com</a><br />
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It will give you an idea where it is but can be off my many hundred miles based on the information they collect.
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Give this a try: www.ip2location.com [http://www.ip2location.com]

It will give you an idea where it is but can be off my many hundred miles based on the information they collect.

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Sorry - I don't want to pay anything for a 1-off search. &nbsp;That site charges.
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Sorry - I don't want to pay anything for a 1-off search.  That site charges.

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I can trace a particular public IP address to the carrier but is there a way to narrow it down to a vicinity in my state?
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I can trace a particular public IP address to the carrier but is there a way to narrow it down to a vicinity in my state?

Tracing a Public IP Address to a Vicinity?

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is the set of networking protocols that define end-to-end connectivity specifying how data should be packeted, addressed, transmitted, routed and received at the destination. This functionality is organized into four abstraction layers which are used to sort all related protocols according to the scope of networking involved.

TCP/IP

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Network Security

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