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Hey Tushar,

Try changing HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR to REMOTE_ADDR. The second one of
those is what will give you the user's IP address. Bear in mind that
if they're behind a proxy, you'll get the IP address of that proxy
instead of theirs, but then again, that's one of the points of their
using a proxy to begin with :-)

Good luck!

On Feb 25, 4:38 am, Tushar Gandhi <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> For my upcoming application I need to find the location of the user.
> I am doing this by using the "GeoIp" plugin.
> For geoIp I have to find the IP address of the incoming request.
> I have written the code to get the IP address:-
> "client_ipaddress=request.env["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"] ||
> request.remote_addr"
> But it is giving me the IP address of the machine. Is it right?
> If yes then how the GeoIp will find the location of the machine.
> I have tried some online demo's which actually detect the IP address of
> the router and depending on that they are finding the location.
>
> Can anyone tell me Am I on right path?
>
> Thanks,
> Tushar
>
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