The delivery of localized web content depends on the geo proxy IP address that received the original request from the client and forwarded it to the destination web content service. This address could be a webpage or a search engine such as Google or Yahoo. The instructions below can help verify the incoming and outgoing IP address corresponding to the geo located Point of Presence (POP).

• Nslookup would help to identify the incoming IP address of a geo located POP
  • C:\Windows\System32>nslookup <Customer-ID>.saasprotection.com
  • Example command with a country-based prefix (example Chile): C:\Windows\System32>nslookup cl.<Customer-ID>.saasprotection.com
• Assuming that the proxy has been successfully preconfigured, browsing to the page http://ipinfo.io/ via proxy, or http://whatismyip.org/, would show the outgoing IP address corresponding to the geo located Point of Presence.

To see what country the user is originating from, run the following commands from the client:

• From Windows command prompt:

• From Linux command prompt:

These queries return the following:

• Client IP address – the IP address of the DNS server used in the transaction
• Geo-location data – contains the country of origin and the approximate GPS coordinates of the server.

Example from Windows:

C:\Users\administrator>nslookup -query=txt echo.saasprotection.com
Server:  dns.company.com
Address:  10.10.10.10

Non-authoritative answer:
echo.saasprotection.com text =

        "Client (8.8.8.8) geo-location: US 45.5234 -122.676"

To override the region that was automatically chosen, append a region prefix to the proxy name. With the prefix, specify a preference for a PoP or data center of a specific region. For detailed instructions about how to append the country-specific and region-specific prefixes, see KB87631.