is proxied domain IP resolved proximity of user location?
I am wonder if a domain that is proxied by cloudflare, its cloudflare assigned IP resolved proximity of user location? for example: if a user in north America sees domain IP proximity of US location and a European user sees domain IP proximity of Europe Location?
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It's based on the best route, not location. Usually it's going to be location based, but that's never guaranteed and you could wind up with one halfway across the country, or in a completely different country.
I'm in EST
All 4 IPs returned are in SanFran, thousands of miles away.
So short answer, no.
Also that site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages
continentally more than likely yes. state/district/etc., less likely.
Thanks for reply , I see, that was my big Q because I see requests to my workers are concentrated in a single cf server no matter where they are all requests are processed in a single server as far as I see in graphical geo request distributions.
it's anycast: https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/anycast-network/
A Single IP isn't mapped to a single Server, espec not in CF's case, thousands of servers can answer the request, just like with popular public dns backed by Anycast, like Google's 8.8.8.8 or Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1
That's a good material I should read it to understand routing mechanism deeply. Thanks for info material
Yeah that's a better/proper answer to the technical parts but you still got the answer to your question so imma count it as a win :lolsob: