Time Machine thinks I am somewhere else?

I used my Time Machine as a wireless router in Montana. I just moved to Florida and now when I am using my home WiFi network in Florida, it still says I am in Montana (for any of my "nearest" applications.) How do I reset the Geocode of the router to my current Florida location.
Thanks for any help and happy Thanksgiving.

There are no other adjustments relating to location or time on the Time Capsule other than the settings which I provided to you.
Are you using the same service provider that you used at your previous location? If that is the case, the provider may have "registered" your device on their servers and it's "remembering" the location that was used when the device was originally registered on their service. Check with your service provider to ask them about their policies if you are using the same service that you did before.
If all else fails, you could reset the device back to factory defaults...which will clear out all stored settings...and configure it again.
Would be interested in your findings as we get this type of question from time to time.
Message was edited by: Bob Timmons

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