How can I get a South African based IP address when creating a public IP address?

Valiant 20

When I create a public IP address, I keep getting a US based IP address when I search it on "whois". According to regulations I need the IP address to be in south africa as I selected the region to be south africa north.

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Timmy Malmgren 1,521 Reputation points

2024-10-29T10:00:06.8166667+00:00

Hi Valiant

I just wanted to verify with you that you are indeed selecting "South Africa North" when creating the specific IP?

I did the same test with both VM and a NAT gateway and seems to be getting a correct result.

And when you select the region it should be connected to that specific datacenter for many technical purposes and functions.

If you have verified that the public IP specific resource is in South Africa and it still shows up as US i would probably set a support ticket to Microsoft to se what's going on withing your Azure environment.

Hope this is helpful and remember shared knowledge is the best knowledge 😊

Best Regards,

Timmy Malmgren

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Valiant 20 Reputation points

2024-10-29T10:44:12.2533333+00:00

Hi Timmy, thank you for your response. My setup looks like yours based on the screenshots. Even the IP range looks similar to yours. I don't know what our API service provider use to verify the IPs. What did you use to test the IP on the green screenshot you provided?

Additionally, When I search it on https://www.azurespeed.com/Azure/IPLookup, It appears correct as South African.

Timmy Malmgren 1,521 Reputation points

2024-10-29T11:11:16.2233333+00:00

Yeah i think its just the 3rd party tool you used then that might not be correct, cause from a technical standpoint a resource in that region in azure should be within the same data center region.

i tested with this one and Azure IP lookup
https://www.whatismyip.com/ip-whois-lookup/

But then everything should be in order i guess :)

Valiant 20 Reputation points

2024-10-29T13:50:26.8466667+00:00

Thank you so much, this has been helpful, I will take it up with 3rd party.
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KapilAnanth-MSFT 48,081 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2024-10-29T09:58:59.79+00:00
@Valiant ,

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A Platform. Thank you for reaching out & I hope you are doing well.

May I ask what region you are selecting while creating the Public IP Address?

I see you are using 3rd party "Whois" tools

Please use Azure IP Lookup

This would give you the correct region of the IP

Can you please tell us what region you get in Azure IP Lookup

Additionally, you can use Microsoft IP Range GeoLocation to validate the region of an Azure IP Address.

Kindly let us know if this helps or you need further assistance on this issue.

Thanks,

Kapil

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Valiant 20 Reputation points

2024-10-29T10:47:23.8466667+00:00

Good day Kapil, thank you for your kind response, and I hope you are doing well too.

I selected "South Africa North" on region.

Thank you for the azure lookup link, it shows it correctly as SA.

On the third party "whois" that the external API provider gives us, it appears as owned by Microsoft and location is US.

KapilAnanth-MSFT 48,081 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2024-10-29T11:15:06.9966667+00:00

@Valiant ,

You are welcome :)

In that case, I suggest you request the 3rd party to cross verify how they validate an IP's location.

Even for the IP you shared above, I could see other online 3rd party sites show the IP belonging to South Africa only

Kindly let us know if this helps or you need further assistance on this issue.

Thanks,

Kapil

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Valiant 20 Reputation points

2024-10-29T13:48:08.87+00:00

Awesome, you've been helpful. I will take it up with the 3rd party.

KapilAnanth-MSFT 48,081 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2024-10-29T14:07:34.3566667+00:00

@Valiant , You are most welcome :)

Sure. Let us know how it goes.
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