logging in from Belfast and Batley when i am in Wakefield

[GingerpineappleCo]

Hi  I have just had a look at my log in details and quite a lot show me as logging in from Belfast which is a long way from me and from Batley which is a little nearer.  I have changed my password regularly so i am unsure as to why it shows me logging in from random places?

[CappuccinoLace]

It will be based on the server of your IP address, which is randomly assigned by your ISP.

Mine show liverpool, mold and rhyl, I am physically in Chester.

It will have your ISP name in brackets (mine is talktalk)

It will also tell you the browser/app and device along with the current IP you are on. You can confirm this if you are able to access your router's admin settings

[CraftyCornishMaids]

The UK has dynamic IP addressing, so your IP address changes regularly, and from wherever there are free ones at the time - there isn't enough for everyone, so they are constantly re-cycled.

I'm in Cornwall, I often have an Ireland login IP

[GingerpineappleCo]

thank you everyone for taking the time to reply - i feel a bit happier now! x

[CraftyCornishMaids]

@GingerpineappleCo 

I just logged in again, - this time it's - Fort William, which is Western Scottish Highlands,

quite a way from Cornwall!!!!!

[JJewellerySuppliesUK]

Wow I didn't know they could be so far afield!