Many customers notice that a lookup site shows their server's IP in the wrong country or city — for example, a Hong Kong machine that queries as the United States. Don't worry: this almost always just means the geolocation database hasn't been updated yet, not that your route or server location actually changed.
Why it looks wrong
IP geolocation is maintained independently by third-party databases such as ip.sb, ipinfo, and MaxMind, and they:
- Lag behind allocation: after an IP range is reassigned, databases often take weeks or months to catch up.
- Disagree with each other: it's common for one site to say Hong Kong and another to say Singapore for the same IP.
- Rely on guesses: many entries are inferred from historical usage, not official registration.
The key point: geolocation is just a label — it does not affect your real routing or speed. Your Hong Kong CN2 GIA route, latency, and bandwidth are determined by the actual network, regardless of how a website tags the IP.
How to check
Run this on your server and compare a few sources:
curl ip.sb
curl ipinfo.io/$(curl -s ip.sb)If what you really care about is speed, not the label, measuring latency is far more meaningful:
ping -c 4 your-target-host.com
mtr -rwc 10 your-target-host.comHow to request a correction
The geo data belongs to each database, and WawaNode cannot rewrite it directly. You can submit a correction to the relevant provider:
- MaxMind: use the GeoIP correction page on their website.
- ipinfo / ip.sb: submit a request through their feedback / contact channels.
Include the IP and the correct region. Once approved, it propagates gradually to the sites that reference them.
Actually need a specific region?
If your use case truly must be located in a certain region (not just labeled correctly), go to Dashboard → service detail page and try Switch IP for a different address, or use Upgrade plan to move to a plan in that region.
Still stuck? Open a ticket at Dashboard → Tickets (/dashboard/tickets/new), link your service, and tell us the target region — we'll confirm it for you.