Popular Questions

•   Geo-location, what's my ip?

  AFRINIC doesn't provide geolocation services and has no control over how this information is obtained…

•   Does IPv4 exhaustion mean that the Internet will stop working?

  No. The Internet will continue to operate as normal. However, unless networks are IPv6 ready,…

•   What is a route object? What is it used for?

   Route object is an object created in Internet Routing Registry to specify the Autonomus System…

•   What is a registered contact?

  A registered contact is a person whose contact information have been provided by the organisation(Administrative,…

•   I am no longer able to query the AFRINIC whois database. I get the error message "Your IP address has been blocked due to abusive behaviour".

  Abusive behaviour regarding whois queries will automatically be blocked. The  process is detailed in Section1.7…