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Find the network responsible for an IP address.

Our role

Cloud Innovation holds and registers IP address ranges and makes them available to network operators. We do not operate the networks, servers or services using those addresses.

We do not handle or see their traffic, have access to their servers, or hold connection logs, user information or content. We cannot identify who used an IP address at a particular time.

Contact the operating network

The network announcing, or routing, an IP address is identified by its origin ASN (Autonomous System Number). Traffic, users and logs are handled by that network's operator and its customers.

All we can tell you is which network is using the address, based on public routing information. Looking it up directly is faster than asking us.

Please do not send us requests for traffic, logs or user information. We do not have those records and cannot forward requests on your behalf.

How to direct a request about an IP addressThree steps: start with the IP address you have, find the network announcing it by origin ASN, then contact that network's abuse or law-enforcement window. Cloud Innovation registers address resources but does not hold traffic, logs or user information.A clear route to the responsible network1The IP address you have192.0.2.25Start with the address in your record.2Find the announcing network(origin ASN)AS64500Use a routing lookup tool.3Contact that networkUse its abuse orlaw-enforcement window.Include the exact time zone.Who can answer which question?Cloud InnovationRegisters address resources.No traffic, logs or user information.The announcing networkHandles the network and its services.Contact its abuse or law-enforcement window.How to direct a request about an IP addressThree steps: start with the IP address you have, find the network announcing it by origin ASN, then contact that network's abuse or law-enforcement window. Cloud Innovation registers address resources but does not hold traffic, logs or user information.A clear route to the responsible network1The IP address you have192.0.2.25Start with the address in your record.2Find the announcing network(origin ASN)AS64500Use a routing lookup tool.3Contact that networkUse its abuse orlaw-enforcement window.Include the exact time zone.Who can answer which question?Cloud InnovationRegisters resources; no traffic, logs or user data.The announcing networkHandles the network and its services.
Start with the IP address you have, look up its origin ASN, then contact the network that announces it. Cloud Innovation registers address resources; the announcing network handles traffic, logs and user information.

Find the network in four steps

The IP addresses and ASNs below are reserved for examples, not real networks.

  1. Look up the IP address

    Enter the IP in bgp.he.net, RIPEstat or bgp.tools. Find the announced address prefix and its origin AS.

    Example: a result pairs 192.0.2.0/24 with origin AS64500 for the address 192.0.2.25.

  2. Find that ASN's contact

    Search the ASN in its regional registry's WHOIS or RDAP service: AFRINIC, ARIN, RIPE NCC, APNIC or LACNIC. You can also check PeeringDB. Look for an abuse or law-enforcement contact, including abuse-mailbox, abuse-c or OrgAbuseEmail.

    Example: for AS64500, follow its abuse-c reference to the contact record's abuse-mailbox.

  3. Send your request to that network

    Include the IP, exact date and time with a time zone (preferably UTC), and the port number if available. Where formal legal process is required, follow the process in the operator's jurisdiction.

    Example: 192.0.2.25, 30 October 2026, 09:15:30 UTC, source port 44321.

  4. For a past incident, check the history

    Routes change. Before sending a request about an earlier incident, use RIPEstat's Routing History or BGPlay to find the ASN announcing the prefix at the time.

    Example: check 192.0.2.0/24 at 09:15:30 UTC on 30 October 2026. If it was announced by AS64500 then, look up that ASN rather than today's origin.

Questions about registration records?

For questions about the IP address range's registration record itself, use our existing Contact channel for registration enquiries.

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