Can I choose a region specific nameserver?

[vin]

Hi all

I’d like to be able to select a region such that my websites to get a regional IP. E.G. a UK based business gets a UK-region Cloudflare IP/Nameserver instead of USA IPs. Is that doable in cloudflare?

Thanks
Vin

[domjh]

Hi @vin,

Cloudflare uses an anycase network so although you will see a US IP, you will most likely be routed to a data centre nearer to you.

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If your site is proxied through Cloudflare, then a lookup on your domain will return one of their IP addresses. The Cloudflare IP will likely show as being in the US, however, this does not mean your traffic will be routed to the US. Cloudflare utilises an anycast network so your traffic will likely go to a server nearer to you (depending on your ISP’s peering). You can determine which Cloudflare data center your…

[vin]

Hey @domjh

Thank you.
But is there any way I can set the nameservers manually to get that region’s IP?

[domjh]

No, you can’t change region for the IP etc. Is there an issue you are having that makes you want to change it?

[cs-cf]

@vin

But is there any way I can set the nameservers manually to get that region’s IP

There is no region IP. Any IP tool being used to lookup. aCloudflare Anycast IP address has no concept of an Anycast network.

foo.ns.cloudflare.com has a single IP address advertised from hundreds of Cloudflare datacenters around the Globe. Through the magic pf BGP users are routed to the one closest to them.