Re: [Summary-Talk] DNS lookups and Country reporting.

[Jason Linhart <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/10/04 4:07 PM Howard A Brummer (howard@travlang.com) wrote:

>I think, because I stopped doing the DNS 
>lookups I don't show any country information. All ips are unknow.

Right, the "Countries (Top Level Domains)" report won't work if your logs 
contain IP addresses and DNS lookups are disabled in Summary.

>I purchased the GeoIP  from MaxMind, if I put the file in the config 
>folder will summary.net lookup the countries based on the ip without 
>dns lookups. If so what should I name the database, GeoIP.dat or the 
>name that came with the purchase  GeoIP-106_20041026.dat
>Is there anything I need to do with the license key?

This depends on which version of Summary you have. Versions of Summary 
prior to version 2.3 don't support GeoIP.

Summary 2.3.x supports the MaxMind GeoIP Country Database, 
<http://www.maxmind.com/app/country?rId=summarynet>. Summary 2.3.x comes 
with a several years out of date copy of their database. For best results 
you should purchase the full version of the database. If you purchase the 
MaxMind GeoIP Country Database you should either name the file GeoIP.dat 
and place it in Summary's Config folder, or enter your license code into 
the "GeoIP license key (for downloading updates)" field on the 
Miscellaneous configuration page. Country reports based on GeoIP 
information appear in the Visitors : Countries : by GeoIP report.

Summary 2.5.x supports the MaxMind GeoIP Region Database, 
<http://www.maxmind.com/app/region?rId=summarynet>. Summary 2.5.x comes 
with an uptodate but limited "trial" version of their database. For best 
results you should purchase the full version of the database. If you 
purchase the MaxMind GeoIP Country Database you should name the file 
GeoIPRegion.dat and place it in Summary's Config folder. Country reports 
based on GeoIP information appear in the Visitors : Countries : by GeoIP 
report. State/Provience reports based on GeoIP information appear in the 
Visitors : Countries : States report.

In either case, if you have Summary Plus, SP Lite, or SP, you might want 
to disable the "Countries (Top Level Domains)" report, as it won't work 
unless you turn on DNS lookups. You can do this on the Disable Reports 
configuration page. That will make Visitors : Countries on the Report 
Menu link directly to the Countries by GeoIP report.

Good Luck
Jason

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