[Asterisk-biz] IP to Location for 911 Support

[Stephen Misel]

On May 21, 2005, at 5:51 PM, Michael Giagnocavo wrote:

> As I'm sure you know, IPs are not physical and thus aren't  
> restricted to a
> geographical region. An IP-to-country lookup can work many times,  
> but not in
> a critical system like this.
>

Agreed.   I will say the MaxMind GeoIP system works wonderfully,  
though.   I embedded it into the SMTP server I wrote for work (in  
C)... it looks up the country of the sending IP and adds a header.   
The mail system processes millions of messages per hour and we  
haven't had a single hiccup.

-Steve

> -Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ben Price
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 7:48 PM
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> Subject: [Asterisk-biz] IP to Location for 911 Support
>
> Here is my situation:
>
> I have a 911 provider that will provide me with basic 911 service for
> all of North America (Note: I am a Canadian provider and am not  
> required
> (yet) to provide e911).
>
> Here is what I need:
>
> I need a way to determine based on the IP connecting to my asterisk
> server for a clients account # if they are in North America or not.  I
> will give an example below.  This will determine what to do when  
> 911 is
> dialed.
>
> Example:
>
> Caller 1:  Dials 911 while in Canada - IP is checked if in North  
> America
> (True) - call gets routed to my 911 call centre.
>
> Caller 2:  Dials 911 from China (or anywhere outside of North  
> America) -
> IP is checked if in North America (False) - a wav file is played
> directing the caller to find the nearest available land line, etc.
>
>
> Does anyone know a way to add this to my dial plan?
>
> Thanks,
> Ben Price
>
>
> FWD: 641915
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