Why does my computer think I'm in Romania?

[ros_b]

I opened Facebook on my laptop and I'm usually already logged in. But I was logged out and had to log back in. Facebook told me that I was logging in from Romania. Google is returning shopping results from Romanian stores in Romanian currency. So is Bing. This happened to me last week as well... I fiddled with a few things and it got sorted out, though I now doubt it was any of my fiddling that solved it because today, the problem has returned. So I went to iplocation.net, and there it is: my IP address says that I'm in Romania! And before you ask, no, of course I'm not running a VPN that's setting my location to Romania!

I'm connecting to the Internet via Vodacom 5G (actually, Vodacom Business). Why the hell are they routing me through Romania and how can I fix it?

 

[neoprema]

do a traceroute to an ip like 41.23.234.129 (ISP dns server) and send the results.

 

[gregmcc]

Lookup your IP and see what country it thinks you are in.

 

[vigras rojara]

Have you looked out of the window? It's possible that you may in fact be in Romania.

 

[ros_b]

Lookup your IP and see what country it thinks you are in.

I did this. It thinks I'm in Romania.

 

[ros_b]

do a traceroute to an ip like 41.23.234.129 (ISP dns server) and send the results.

Tracing route to vc-41-23-234-12.umts.vodacom.co.za [41.23.234.12]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 3 ms 2 ms <1 ms 10.0.0.254
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 12 ms 26 ms 12 ms 10.221.99.1
4 11 ms 13 ms 13 ms 10.118.75.213
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 * * * Request timed out.

Lines 8 to 30 were all "Request timed out."

 

[ros_b]

Have you looked out of the window? It's possible that you may in fact be in Romania.

Funnily enough, I was in Romania a few weeks ago!

 

[vigras rojara]

Funnily enough, I was in Romania a few weeks ago!

Did you try Dracula's Breath chilli sauce? That stuff is wild!!

 

[Gordon_R]

Tracing route to vc-41-23-234-12.umts.vodacom.co.za [41.23.234.12]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 3 ms 2 ms <1 ms 10.0.0.254
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 12 ms 26 ms 12 ms 10.221.99.1
4 11 ms 13 ms 13 ms 10.118.75.213
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 * * * Request timed out.

Lines 8 to 30 were all "Request timed out."

I don't know the answer, but that tracert is surprisingly unhelpful. Google says:

Because it falls within the 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255 range (defined by RFC 1918), it is reserved exclusively for internal use within private networks (like a home, corporate, or school local network).

 

[ros_b]

Did you try Dracula's Breath chilli sauce? That stuff is wild!!

Nandos Lemon & Herb is too spicy for me, I wasn't about to try any chilli sauce!

 

[ros_b]

I don't know the answer, but that tracert is surprisingly unhelpful. Google says:

Well 10.0.0.254 is what I put into my web browser to access my Vodacom router

 

[Anthro]

Run an extended test from here

DNS leak test

dnsleaktest.com

Then check your IP reported, as well as DNS here:

IP/DNS Detect

What is your IP, what is your DNS, check your torrent IP, what informations you send to websites.

ipleak.net

Censor your IP dont post the whole thing here

**edit** What browser you using ?

 

[neoprema]

you're hitting a few internal IPs first. Are you on your work network?

 

[Heisenborg]

I did this. It thinks I'm in Romania.

Scammer identified

 

[ros_b]

Run an extended test from here

DNS leak test

dnsleaktest.com

Then check your IP reported, as well as DNS here:

IP/DNS Detect

What is your IP, what is your DNS, check your torrent IP, what informations you send to websites.

ipleak.net

Censor your IP dont post the whole thing here

**edit** What browser you using ?

I'm using Firefox for Windows.

 

[ros_b]

you're hitting a few internal IPs first. Are you on your work network?

No, I don't have a work network. I'm at home, I have a Vodacom router with a sim card on a Vodacom Business data contract (it was a sweet Black Friday deal)

 

[Anthro]

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I'm using Firefox for Windows.

You are using WindScribe VPN .. or a DNS server for Geoblocking / Bypass ...somewhere

;-)

 

[ros_b]

You are using WindScribe VPN .. or a DNS server for Geoblocking / Bypass ...somewhere

;-)

Right, so I noticed the DNS Leak report showed Windscribe, and I do use Windscribe occasionally, but it was showing "disconnected" within Firefox and I'm not running the program outside of Firefox.

When I read your post, I clicked on the little Windscribe icon within Firefox and it showed "Autopilot", so I think you're right - somehow it was active (even though it showed that I was disconnected form Windscribe) and routing me through Romaina, even though I hadnt consciously turned it on. I've manually turned it off now (I think, I hope!) and - hooray - I'm back in South Africa!

 

[Mike Angelo]

Right, so I noticed the DNS Leak report showed Windscribe, and I do use Windscribe occasionally, but it was showing "disconnected" within Firefox and I'm not running the program outside of Firefox.

When I read your post, I clicked on the little Windscribe icon within Firefox and it showed "Autopilot", so I think you're right - somehow it was active (even though it showed that I was disconnected form Windscribe) and routing me through Romaina, even though I hadnt consciously turned it on. I've manually turned it off now (I think, I hope!) and - hooray - I'm back in South Africa!

I disabled Windscribe on my Firefox over the weekend as it randomly turns on the vpn even when it is turned off. Was irritating the fck out of me when I get an access denied or cloudflare verification screen when I try to access a site.