WHOIS

Lookup an IP or domain. Uses IANA referral first, then registry WHOIS.
Query
164.88.86.188
IANA
whois.iana.org
Referred
whois.arin.net
WHOIS servers can rate limit. Results are cached for performance.
### IANA response (whois.iana.org)

% IANA WHOIS server
% for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org
% This query returned 1 object

refer:        whois.arin.net

inetnum:      164.0.0.0 - 164.255.255.255
organisation: Administered by ARIN
status:       LEGACY

whois:        whois.arin.net

changed:      1993-05
source:       IANA

### Registry response (whois.arin.net)

#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/whois/tou/
#
# If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at
# https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/whois/inaccuracy_reporting/
#
# Copyright 1997-2026, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd.
#


#
# Query terms are ambiguous.  The query is assumed to be:
#     "n 164.88.86.188"
#
# Use "?" to get help.
#

NetRange:       164.88.0.0 - 164.88.255.255
CIDR:           164.88.0.0/16
NetName:        AFRINIC-164-88-0-0
NetHandle:      NET-164-88-0-0-1
Parent:         NET164 (NET-164-0-0-0-0)
NetType:        Transferred to AfriNIC
OriginAS:       
Organization:   African Network Information Center (AFRINIC)
RegDate:        2005-02-21
Updated:        2005-02-21
Comment:        This IP address range is under AFRINIC responsibility.
Comment:        Please see http://www.afrinic.net/ for further details,
Comment:        or check the WHOIS server located at whois.afrinic.net.
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/164.88.0.0

ResourceLink:  http://afrinic.net/en/services/whois-query
ResourceLink:  whois.afrinic.net


OrgName:        African Network Information Center
OrgId:          AFRINIC
Address:        Level 11ABC
Address:        Raffles Tower
Address:        Lot 19, Cybercity
City:           Ebene
StateProv:      
PostalCode:     
Country:        MU
RegDate:        2004-05-17
Updated:        2015-05-04
Comment:        AfriNIC - http://www.afrinic.net
Comment:        The African & Indian Ocean Internet Registry
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/AFRINIC

ReferralServer:  whois://whois.afrinic.net
ResourceLink:  http://afrinic.net/en/services/whois-query

OrgAbuseHandle: GENER11-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   Generic POC
OrgAbusePhone:  +230 4666616 
OrgAbuseEmail:  abusepoc@afrinic.net
OrgAbuseRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/GENER11-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: GENER11-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Generic POC
OrgTechPhone:  +230 4666616 
OrgTechEmail:  abusepoc@afrinic.net
OrgTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/GENER11-ARIN


#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/whois/tou/
#
# If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at
# https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/whois/inaccuracy_reporting/
#
# Copyright 1997-2026, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd.
#