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IPv4 range · 4,096 addresses

197.215.240.0/20

Now

AFRINIC statistics
Reserved (ZZ), in the latest file
Registry
AFRINIC
Holder
African Network Information Center - (AfriNIC) Ltd ORG-AFNC1-AFRINIC
From
RDAP, looked up 2026-11-06 18:19 UTC

Latest change

− Deregistered Removed (return, revocation or reclamation not publicly distinguishable)

Reported
2026-10-29 (AFRINIC)
Confidence
Strong inference
Inventory
Possible future reissue candidate after hold

Hold

Removed
2026-10-29 (AFRINIC)
Estimated hold end
Not estimated: AFRINIC publishes no fixed hold period for IPv4
Now
Possible reissue candidate; not confirmed available.

Timeline (2)

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.

2026-10-29 AFRINIC − Deregistered Removed (return, revocation or reclamation not publicly distinguishable) Strong inference
Statistics
197.215.240.0/20 allocated on 2026-10-29, reserved on 2026-10-30
Inventory
Possible future reissue candidate after hold

Removed from active registration. The tracker found it by comparing AFRINIC's daily statistics. AFRINIC's statistics show it allocated (dated 2013-04-30) on 2026-10-29 and reserved on 2026-10-30. Public sources do not distinguish a voluntary return, revocation, or reclamation. AFRINIC publishes no fixed period for which it holds returned IPv4 space before reissuing it, so the tracker gives no estimate. This does not confirm availability.

Evidence (3) · classifier 1.4.0,
  1. Statistics Found by comparing AFRINIC's daily statistics: 197.215.240.0/20 allocated on 2026-10-29, reserved on 2026-10-30 source · retrieved
  2. Before AFRINIC delegated statistics 2026-10-29, before the change: allocated (dated 2013-04-30) source · retrieved
  3. After AFRINIC delegated statistics 2026-10-30, after the change: reserved source · retrieved
2013-04-30 AFRINIC + Registered Apparent reissuance of previously removed resource Strong inference
Statistics
197.215.240.0/20 available on 2013-04-30, allocated on 2013-05-01
Inventory
Likely issued from AFRINIC-controlled inventory

No transfer record matches. AFRINIC's statistics show it available on 2013-04-30 and allocated (dated 2013-04-30) on 2013-05-01. The tracker saw this range removed from registration on 2012-12-06 (197.215.128.0/17), so it appears to have been issued again from AFRINIC's pool.

Evidence (3) · classifier 1.4.0,
  1. Statistics Found by comparing AFRINIC's daily statistics: 197.215.240.0/20 available on 2013-04-30, allocated on 2013-05-01 source · retrieved
  2. Before AFRINIC delegated statistics 2013-04-30, before the change: available source · retrieved
  3. After AFRINIC delegated statistics 2013-05-01, after the change: allocated (dated 2013-04-30) source · retrieved
Classification history for this change (4 versions)
  1. : Apparent reissuance of previously removed resource, strong inference (classifier 1.3.0)
  2. : Apparent reissuance of previously removed resource, strong inference (classifier 1.3.1)
  3. : Apparent reissuance of previously removed resource, strong inference (classifier 1.3.2)
  4. : Apparent reissuance of previously removed resource, strong inference (classifier 1.4.0) current

Changes to overlapping ranges

DateRegistryRangeRecorded asWhat happened
2012-12-06AFRINIC197.215.128.0/17− DeregisteredRemoved
2012-11-24AFRINIC197.215.128.0/17+ RegisteredApparent new issuance

Transfer records

No transfer log has a transfer of any part of this IPv4 range.

RDAP lookups

Looked upWhyRegistryHandleOrganizationStatusLast changed
After 7 days AFRINIC197.0.0.0 - 197.255.255.255African Network Information Center - (AfriNIC) Ltd ORG-AFNC1-AFRINICadministrative2021-01-28
After 24 hours AFRINIC197.0.0.0 - 197.255.255.255African Network Information Center - (AfriNIC) Ltd ORG-AFNC1-AFRINICadministrative2021-01-28
First seen AFRINIC197.0.0.0 - 197.255.255.255African Network Information Center - (AfriNIC) Ltd ORG-AFNC1-AFRINICadministrative2021-01-28

Organization-level details only; contact details are never kept. RDAP shows the registration when it was looked up, not in the past.

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