IPv4 range · 2,048 addresses

102.135.160.0/21

Now

AFRINIC statistics: Allocated (dated 2018-08-31), reserved (ZA, ZZ), in the latest file
Registry: Not known
Holder: Not looked up

Latest change

Released Released from hold (AFRINIC lists it as 'available')

Reported: 2018-08-20 (AFRINIC)
Confidence: Strong inference
Inventory: AFRINIC's statistics now list it as 'available'; reissue not confirmed

Hold

Released from hold: 2018-08-20
Now: Possible reissue candidate; not confirmed available.

Timeline (1)

Every change the tracker has found, newest first. It covers ARIN from 2008-12-01, the RIPE NCC from 2010-04-23, APNIC from 2008-02-15, LACNIC from 2012-06-29 and AFRINIC from 2012-10-03.

2018-08-20 AFRINIC Released Released from hold (AFRINIC lists it as 'available') Strong inference

Statistics: 102.135.160.0/21 reserved on 2018-08-20, available on 2018-08-21
Inventory: AFRINIC's statistics now list it as 'available'; reissue not confirmed

AFRINIC's statistics show it reserved on 2018-08-20 and available on 2018-08-21. AFRINIC moved it from its reserved (held) records to the status it calls 'available'. That is AFRINIC's own label: whether and when it is reissued is not confirmed.

Evidence (3) · classifier 1.4.0, 2026-10-14 00:05 UTC

Statistics Found by comparing AFRINIC's daily statistics: 102.135.160.0/21 reserved on 2018-08-20, available on 2018-08-21 source · retrieved 2026-10-12 22:03 UTC
Before AFRINIC delegated statistics 2018-08-20, before the change: reserved source · retrieved 2026-10-12 22:03 UTC
After AFRINIC delegated statistics 2018-08-21, after the change: available source · retrieved 2026-10-12 22:03 UTC

Classification history for this change (4 versions)

2026-10-13 05:29 UTC: Released from hold (AFRINIC lists it as 'available'), strong inference (classifier 1.3.0)
2026-10-13 08:17 UTC: Released from hold (AFRINIC lists it as 'available'), strong inference (classifier 1.3.1)
2026-10-13 15:01 UTC: Released from hold (AFRINIC lists it as 'available'), strong inference (classifier 1.3.2)
2026-10-14 00:05 UTC: Released from hold (AFRINIC lists it as 'available'), strong inference (classifier 1.4.0) current

Changes to overlapping ranges

Date	Registry	Range	Recorded as	What happened
2024-08-19	AFRINIC	102.135.164.0/22	− Deregistered	Removed
2020-02-04	AFRINIC	102.135.160.0/22	Transfer log	Merger/acquisition
2018-09-21	AFRINIC	102.135.164.0/22	+ Registered	Apparent new issuance
2018-08-31	AFRINIC	102.135.160.0/22	+ Registered	Apparent new issuance
2018-05-23	AFRINIC	102.128.0.0/13	Released	Hold released

Date

Registry

Range

Recorded as

What happened

2024-08-19

AFRINIC

102.135.164.0/22

− Deregistered

Removed

2020-02-04

AFRINIC

102.135.160.0/22

Transfer log

Merger/acquisition

2018-09-21

AFRINIC

102.135.164.0/22

+ Registered

Apparent new issuance

2018-08-31

AFRINIC

102.135.160.0/22

+ Registered

Apparent new issuance

2018-05-23

AFRINIC

102.128.0.0/13

Released

Hold released

Transfer records (1)

Date (UTC)	Log	Type	Range moved	From	To
2020-02-04 09:36 UTC	AFRINIC	Merger acquisition	102.135.160.0/22	Greycell cc AFRINIC	Host Africa (Pty) Ltd AFRINIC

Date (UTC)

Log

Type

Range moved

From

2020-02-04 09:36 UTC

AFRINIC

Merger acquisition

102.135.160.0/22

Greycell cc AFRINIC

Host Africa (Pty) Ltd AFRINIC

Every record in the ARIN, RIPE NCC, APNIC, LACNIC and AFRINIC transfer logs that moved any part of this IPv4 range (ARIN's from 2009, the RIPE NCC's from 2012, APNIC's from 2010, LACNIC's from 2016, AFRINIC's from 2018). A transfer between two registries is in both logs.

RDAP lookups

Not looked up. The tracker queries RDAP for changes as they're reported (on first sight, after 24 hours and after seven days); older changes aren't looked up because today's RDAP says nothing about the past.

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