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tdb

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know the country where my website is opened

May 05, 2009 05:05 AM|LINK

I m using VS2005 & SQL2005.

I hv made a website, I want to know the country where my website is opened??Based on the country name, i want to show some extra feature else not.

I hv used the following code to know hopst name,and its ip address.wen i put it on my domain,it gives server name and its ip.
string strHostName = System.Net.Dns.GetHostName();string clientIPAddress = System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(strHostName).GetValue(0).ToString();
lblIP.Text = strHostName;

lblIP.Text += " " + clientIPAddress;

What should I do??

plz tel.
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om_prakashp

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Re: know the country where my website is opened

May 05, 2009 07:36 AM|LINK

Please check the following post:

http://forums.asp.net/t/1416074.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.regioninfo(vs.71).aspx

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tdb

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Re: know the country where my website is opened

May 05, 2009 09:04 AM|LINK

I hv visited these links, but still I m not clear with it.......

i hv also tried this:-
string strHostName = System.Net.Dns.GetHostName();string clientIPAddress = System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(strHostName).GetValue(0).ToString();
lblIP.Text = strHostName;

lblIP.Text += " "+clientIPAddress;

lblIP.Text += " "+Request.UserHostAddress.ToString();

Result On Localhost:

mycomputername my_localIPaddress(192.168.x.xx) 127.0.0.1

Result On my Website:

myservername 192.168.xxx.xxx 122.160.xx.xx

I dont know wat to do??

any other help is highly appreciated.
- Edited by tdb on May 05, 2009 09:48 AM
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naveenjoshi

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Re: know the country where my website is opened

May 05, 2009 10:16 AM|LINK

Give a try to this service:

http://www.ip2location.com/ip2location-dotnet-component.aspx

Thank you
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shahed.kazi

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Re: know the country where my website is opened

May 05, 2009 10:40 AM|LINK

I think there is no direct way of achieving this. You will have to rely on some third party service.

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Re: know the country where my website is opened

May 05, 2009 10:50 AM|LINK

Refer my articles

http://www.aspsnippets.com/post/2009/04/12/Find-Visitors-Geographic-Location-using-IP-Address-in-ASPNet.aspx

http://www.aspsnippets.com/post/2009/04/11/How-to-get-IP-Address-of-Visitors-Machine-in-ASPNet.aspx

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- Marked as answer by Hua-Jun Li - MSFT on May 08, 2009 06:18 AM
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Re: know the country where my website is opened

May 06, 2009 10:04 AM|LINK

Hi and Thank You everyone!.

Mudassarkhan,

I put the code as u said on ur link:-http://www.aspsnippets.com/post/2009/04/12/Find-Visitors-Geographic-Location-using-IP-Address-in-ASPNet.aspx

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //Get IP Address
        string ipaddress;
        ipaddress = Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"];
        if (ipaddress == "" || ipaddress == null)
            ipaddress = Request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_ADDR"];

        DataTable dt = GetLocation(ipaddress);
        if (dt != null)
        {
            if (dt.Rows.Count > 0)
            {
                lblCity.Text = dt.Rows[0]["City"].ToString();
                lblRegion.Text = dt.Rows[0]["RegionName"].ToString();
                lblCountry.Text = dt.Rows[0]["CountryName"].ToString();
                lblCountryCode.Text = dt.Rows[0]["CountryCode"].ToString();
            }
            else
            {
            }
        }
    }

    private DataTable GetLocation(string ipaddress)
    {
        //Create a WebRequest
        WebRequest rssReq = WebRequest.Create("http://freegeoip.appspot.com/xml/"

+ ipaddress);
        //Create a Proxy
        WebProxy px = new WebProxy("http://freegeoip.appspot.com/xml/" +

ipaddress, true);
        //Assign the proxy to the WebRequest
        rssReq.Proxy = px;
        //Set the timeout in Seconds for the WebRequest
        rssReq.Timeout = 2000;
        try
        {
            //Get the WebResponse
            WebResponse rep = rssReq.GetResponse();
            //Read the Response in a XMLTextReader
            XmlTextReader xtr = new XmlTextReader(rep.GetResponseStream());
            //Create a new DataSet
            DataSet ds = new DataSet();
            //Read the Response into the DataSet
            ds.ReadXml(xtr);
            return ds.Tables[0];
        }
        catch
        {
            return null;
        }
    }

I got the foll.errorrs& i dnt know wat namespace to use:-

1. The type or namespace name 'WebRequest' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
2. The name 'WebRequest' does not exist in the current context
3. The type or namespace name 'WebProxy' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
4. The type or namespace name 'WebProxy' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
5. The type or namespace name 'WebResponse' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
6. The type or namespace name 'XmlTextReader' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
7. The type or namespace name 'XmlTextReader' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
8. The best overloaded method match for 'System.Data.DataSet.ReadXml(System.Xml.XmlReader)' has some invalid arguments
9. Argument '1': cannot convert from 'XmlTextReader' to 'System.Xml.XmlReader'

Wat abt the webservice?I know we can call webservices through webreferences,but which webservice to call, wat to do?? I m confused.plz hlp urgntly.
- Edited by tdb on May 06, 2009 10:18 AM
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Re: know the country where my website is opened

May 06, 2009 10:11 AM|LINK

You need to import these name spaces

using System;

using System.Data;

using System.Configuration;

using System.Collections;

using System.Web;

using System.Web.Security;

using System.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;

using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

using System.Net;

using System.Xml;

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- Marked as answer by Hua-Jun Li - MSFT on May 08, 2009 06:19 AM
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tdb

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Re: know the country where my website is opened

May 06, 2009 10:39 AM|LINK

Thank You so much.

but wen i put this on my domain www.xxx.com, thn its not showing my local IP,its displaying 127.160.xx.xx while my local IP is 192.xxx.x.xx.All other systems in my LAN also showing the same IP as "127......"

It will not show local IP?thn how can i find the number of unique visitors to my website and many other details???
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Re: know the country where my website is opened

May 06, 2009 10:49 AM|LINK

The answer to your question is here Read it

http://www.aspsnippets.com/post/2009/04/11/How-to-get-IP-Address-of-Visitors-Machine-in-ASPNet.aspx

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- Edited by Hua-Jun Li - MSFT on May 08, 2009 06:18 AM
- Edited by mbanavige on May 17, 2009 03:15 PM