WHOIS

Lookup an IP or domain. Uses IANA referral first, then registry WHOIS.

Query

198.255.78.217

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:      198.0.0.0 - 198.255.255.255
organisation: Administered by ARIN
status:       LEGACY

remarks:      198.18.0.0/15 reserved for Network Interconnect Device
remarks:      Benchmark Testing [RFC2544]. Complete registration
remarks:      details for 198.18.0.0/15 are found
remarks:      iniana-ipv4-special-registry.198.51.100.0/24 reserved
remarks:      for TEST-NET-2 [RFC5737]. Complete registration details
remarks:      for 198.51.100.0/24 are found
remarks:      iniana-ipv4-special-registry.

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 198.255.78.217"
#
# Use "?" to get help.
#

FDCservers.net FDCSERVERS (NET-198-255-0-0-1) 198.255.0.0 - 198.255.127.255
FDCservers.net FDCSERVERS-NEWYORK2 (NET-198-255-78-0-1) 198.255.78.0 - 198.255.79.255



#
# 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.
#