IP to Nation problem after updating to EE2.8.0

Hi there,

I am having a problem using a combo of IP to Nation and MC Country, I am using MC Country to set which country the sites contact details are set for between one country and another, if country A then contact details A will show but if anything else contact details B show. This works fine if I hard code a countries two letter code.

However, with {exp:mc_country} it is stating ‘unknown’, after updating and going over the support forum they traced it back to an error with EE’s ip to nation https://devot-ee.com/add-ons/support/mc-country/viewthread/12958

I had a hunt through the forum and followed the suggested fixes from some old posts here

https://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/222047/ https://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/227693/

By deleting the ip2nation folder in the cache and clearing the cache in the CMS but I just seem to be stuck on ‘Unpacked IP Database. Inserting data…’ when I select update database when in the Add Ons Module page for ip to nation. Doing this creates a folder on the server under system/expressionengine/cache/ip2nation, however this folder is empty and within the CMS it still reads ‘Unpacked IP Database. Inserting data…’ after 30 minutes +.

When I call {exp:ip_to_nation:get_country}, as mentioned here (https://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/add-ons/ip_to_nation/) I just get ‘Unknown’.

The folder for the system/expressionengine/cache is set to 777 and exp_ip2nation and exp_ip2nation_countries exist in the database but I don’t see a list of IP addresses in the database anywhere nor anything in cache/ip2nation.

Any suggestions on how I may fix this issue?

Regards