redirecting overseas requests to local servers

[Patrick Greenwell]

On Sun, 5 Sep 1999, Michael Voight wrote:

> You can't. You would need to have 4 separate domain names. Like
> ww-europe.domain.com. Unless of course, the client are on the same
> network as the servers or they are using sortlist. But to get a client
> anywhere on the internet to pick a server by location is not possible.

UltraDNS provides a service where you can reach the *topologically* 
closest server according to BGP. http://www.ultradns.com. 

> Mr Diddles wrote:
> > 
> > I have as site that is located in the US.   We would like to create local
> > copies for different locations around the world.  For example, South Africa,
> > England, etc.  What I would like to do have anyone who goes to mysite.com be
> > sent to mysite.co.local  where local is the area they come from.   Does
> > anyone know how to do this?   Any places to look?  Thanks!!
> 
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