WHOIS

Lookup an IP or domain. Uses IANA referral first, then registry WHOIS.
Query
197.232.21.221
IANA
whois.iana.org
Referred
whois.afrinic.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.afrinic.net

inetnum:      197.0.0.0 - 197.255.255.255
organisation: AFRINIC
status:       ALLOCATED

whois:        whois.afrinic.net

changed:      2008-10
source:       IANA

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

% This is the AfriNIC Whois server.
% The AFRINIC whois database is subject to  the following terms of Use. See https://afrinic.net/whois/terms

% Note: this output has been filtered.
%       To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag.

% Information related to '197.232.16.0 - 197.232.31.255'

% No abuse contact registered for 197.232.16.0 - 197.232.31.255

inetnum:        197.232.16.0 - 197.232.31.255
netname:        FAIBA-ENTERPRISE3
descr:          Allocated to Enterprise FAIBA
country:        KE
admin-c:        Jk10-AFRINIC
admin-c:        MO29-AFRINIC
tech-c:         Jk10-AFRINIC
tech-c:         MO29-AFRINIC
status:         ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by:         MNT-JTL
source:         AFRINIC # Filtered
parent:         197.232.0.0 - 197.232.255.255

person:         Joseph Kiptui
nic-hdl:        JK10-AFRINIC
address:        P O Box 47419 -00100 Nairobi
address:        Nairobi 48
address:        Kenya
phone:          tel:+254-747-585100
fax-no:         tel:+254-747-585100
mnt-by:         GENERATED-NI5QMPDAMJVEKAFBBSQJXG24SEKOPYKS-MNT
source:         AFRINIC # Filtered

person:         Michael Odongo
nic-hdl:        MO29-AFRINIC
address:        Box 47419-00100 NAIROBI
address:        Nairobi 48
address:        Kenya
phone:          tel:+254-747-585100
fax-no:         tel:+254-20-3877350
mnt-by:         GENERATED-BJHM5XEMGUHAXXI0RCGPQZRT9OHRJDN5-MNT
source:         AFRINIC # Filtered

% Information related to '197.232.20.0/23AS36866'

route:          197.232.20.0/23
origin:         AS36866
descr:          FAIBA
mnt-by:         MNT-JTL
source:         AFRINIC # Filtered