How to determine if an IP address belongs to a country

Question

How would i determine the country that a spcific IP address is originating from using c#. I need to use this to check if connections originate from a specific country.

Answer 1

you can ask google to do it for you.

• http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2008/08/two-new-ways-to-location-enable-your.html

there are also services that you can pay for you want:

• http://www.ip2location.com/
• http://www.maxmind.com/