Registry intelligence

IPv6 WHOIS lookup

Retrieve the registry allocation record associated with an IPv6 address, including network ownership and registration data.

Example: 2001:4860:4860::8888
How IPv6 WHOIS and RDAP work

Submitting this form may retrieve and cache one registry record. Direct result URLs only display records already in cache.

Cached registry record

IPv6 WHOIS record for 2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a

This record is a cached response from an internet number registry. It can identify the address allocation or network, but it does not identify an individual device or user.

IPv6 address

2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a

Record source

rdap

Cached at

2026-09-01 18:10:26 UTC

Cache status

Available for direct result URLs

What WHOIS can tell you

Network allocation and registry context

  • Which registry returned the record and the network range it covers.
  • Organization, contact, status, and allocation fields when published by the registry.
  • Technical identifiers and links that help investigate routing or ownership questions.

Important limits

Registry data is not personal location data

A registry record describes an address allocation. It can be incomplete, may represent a provider rather than an end customer, and may change as networks are reassigned. Use it alongside routing and network evidence when investigating an address.

Raw registry response

Full cached WHOIS / RDAP record

{
    "arin_originas0_originautnums": [],
    "cidr0_cidrs": [
        {
            "v6prefix": "2600:1000::",
            "length": 28
        },
        {
            "v6prefix": "2600:1010::",
            "length": 29
        }
    ],
    "endAddress": "2600:1017:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff",
    "entities": [
        {
            "entities": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "eventAction": "last changed",
                            "eventDate": "2026-02-19T09:10:17-05:00"
                        },
                        {
                            "eventAction": "registration",
                            "eventDate": "2011-11-30T11:24:25-05:00"
                        }
                    ],
                    "handle": "SWIPP9-ARIN",
                    "links": [
                        {
                            "href": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/SWIPP9-ARIN",
                            "rel": "self",
                            "type": "application/rdap+json",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
                        },
                        {
                            "href": "https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/SWIPP9-ARIN",
                            "rel": "alternate",
                            "type": "application/xml",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
                        }
                    ],
                    "objectClassName": "entity",
                    "port43": "whois.arin.net",
                    "remarks": [
                        {
                            "description": [
                                "WHOIS Interaction email only.  Does not handle Abuse or Security issues."
                            ],
                            "title": "Registration Comments"
                        }
                    ],
                    "roles": [
                        "technical"
                    ],
                    "status": [
                        "validated"
                    ],
                    "vcardArray": [
                        "vcard",
                        [
                            [
                                "version",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "4.0"
                            ],
                            [
                                "adr",
                                {
                                    "label": "22001 Loudoun County Pkwy\nAshburn\nVA\n20147\nUnited States"
                                },
                                "text",
                                [
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    ""
                                ]
                            ],
                            [
                                "fn",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "SWIPPER"
                            ],
                            [
                                "org",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "Verizon"
                            ],
                            [
                                "kind",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "group"
                            ],
                            [
                                "email",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "swipper@verizon.com"
                            ],
                            [
                                "email",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "swipper@verizonbusiness.com"
                            ],
                            [
                                "email",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "IPMGMT@verizon.com"
                            ],
                            [
                                "tel",
                                {
                                    "type": [
                                        "work",
                                        "voice"
                                    ]
                                },
                                "text",
                                "+1-800-900-0241"
                            ]
                        ]
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "eventAction": "last changed",
                            "eventDate": "2026-03-27T09:05:55-04:00"
                        },
                        {
                            "eventAction": "registration",
                            "eventDate": "2016-08-18T13:07:50-04:00"
                        }
                    ],
                    "handle": "ABUSE5603-ARIN",
                    "links": [
                        {
                            "href": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ABUSE5603-ARIN",
                            "rel": "self",
                            "type": "application/rdap+json",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
                        },
                        {
                            "href": "https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/ABUSE5603-ARIN",
                            "rel": "alternate",
                            "type": "application/xml",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
                        }
                    ],
                    "objectClassName": "entity",
                    "port43": "whois.arin.net",
                    "roles": [
                        "abuse"
                    ],
                    "status": [
                        "validated"
                    ],
                    "vcardArray": [
                        "vcard",
                        [
                            [
                                "version",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "4.0"
                            ],
                            [
                                "adr",
                                {
                                    "label": "22001 Loudoun County Parkway\nAsburn\nVA\n20147\nUnited States"
                                },
                                "text",
                                [
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    ""
                                ]
                            ],
                            [
                                "fn",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "Abuse"
                            ],
                            [
                                "org",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "Verizon"
                            ],
                            [
                                "kind",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "group"
                            ],
                            [
                                "email",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "abuse@verizon.com"
                            ],
                            [
                                "tel",
                                {
                                    "type": [
                                        "work",
                                        "voice"
                                    ]
                                },
                                "text",
                                "+1-800-900-0241"
                            ]
                        ]
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "eventAction": "last changed",
                            "eventDate": "2026-08-10T14:28:23-04:00"
                        },
                        {
                            "eventAction": "registration",
                            "eventDate": "2006-07-18T11:57:46-04:00"
                        }
                    ],
                    "handle": "IPADM314-ARIN",
                    "links": [
                        {
                            "href": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/IPADM314-ARIN",
                            "rel": "self",
                            "type": "application/rdap+json",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
                        },
                        {
                            "href": "https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/IPADM314-ARIN",
                            "rel": "alternate",
                            "type": "application/xml",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
                        }
                    ],
                    "objectClassName": "entity",
                    "port43": "whois.arin.net",
                    "remarks": [
                        {
                            "description": [
                                "This POC is for Frontier IP management use only.",
                                "Frontier Referral Server:  rwhois://rwhois.frontiernet.net:4321",
                                "",
                                "Abuse issues must be sent to abuse email at abuse@support.ftr.com or through ABUSE3-ARIN.",
                                "",
                                "Requests for Subscriber Internet Records (information on a Frontier IP Address or Email Address), Telephone Records, Trap and Trace, etc. must be sent to Security Operations.",
                                "",
                                "Security Operations",
                                "Frontier Communications Corporation",
                                "1800 41st St, Suite N-100",
                                "Everett, WA 98203",
                                "Tel:   (888) 637-9625",
                                "Fax:  (425) 258-9379",
                                "Email: sec.ops@FTR.com"
                            ],
                            "title": "Registration Comments"
                        }
                    ],
                    "roles": [
                        "abuse"
                    ],
                    "status": [
                        "validated"
                    ],
                    "vcardArray": [
                        "vcard",
                        [
                            [
                                "version",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "4.0"
                            ],
                            [
                                "adr",
                                {
                                    "label": "95 Fitzhugh St N\nRochester\nNY\n14614\nUnited States"
                                },
                                "text",
                                [
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    ""
                                ]
                            ],
                            [
                                "fn",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "ipadmin"
                            ],
                            [
                                "org",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "Frontier Communications"
                            ],
                            [
                                "kind",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "group"
                            ],
                            [
                                "email",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "ipadmin@support.ftr.com"
                            ],
                            [
                                "tel",
                                {
                                    "type": [
                                        "work",
                                        "voice"
                                    ]
                                },
                                "text",
                                "+1-866-474-7662"
                            ]
                        ]
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "eventAction": "last changed",
                            "eventDate": "2026-02-19T09:11:26-05:00"
                        },
                        {
                            "eventAction": "registration",
                            "eventDate": "2002-11-06T17:57:04-05:00"
                        }
                    ],
                    "handle": "VIS1-ARIN",
                    "links": [
                        {
                            "href": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/VIS1-ARIN",
                            "rel": "self",
                            "type": "application/rdap+json",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
                        },
                        {
                            "href": "https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/VIS1-ARIN",
                            "rel": "alternate",
                            "type": "application/xml",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
                        }
                    ],
                    "objectClassName": "entity",
                    "port43": "whois.arin.net",
                    "remarks": [
                        {
                            "description": [
                                "Admin Interaction email only. Does not handle Abuse or Security issues."
                            ],
                            "title": "Registration Comments"
                        }
                    ],
                    "roles": [
                        "technical",
                        "administrative"
                    ],
                    "status": [
                        "validated"
                    ],
                    "vcardArray": [
                        "vcard",
                        [
                            [
                                "version",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "4.0"
                            ],
                            [
                                "adr",
                                {
                                    "label": "1880 Campus Commons Dr\nReston\nVA\n20191\nUnited States"
                                },
                                "text",
                                [
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    ""
                                ]
                            ],
                            [
                                "fn",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "Verizon Internet Services"
                            ],
                            [
                                "org",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "Verizon Internet Services"
                            ],
                            [
                                "kind",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "group"
                            ],
                            [
                                "email",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "IPMGMT@verizon.com"
                            ],
                            [
                                "tel",
                                {
                                    "type": [
                                        "work",
                                        "voice"
                                    ]
                                },
                                "text",
                                "+1-800-243-6994"
                            ]
                        ]
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "eventAction": "last changed",
                            "eventDate": "2025-07-15T17:11:09-04:00"
                        },
                        {
                            "eventAction": "registration",
                            "eventDate": "2022-10-10T16:20:39-04:00"
                        }
                    ],
                    "handle": "VZDNS1-ARIN",
                    "links": [
                        {
                            "href": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/VZDNS1-ARIN",
                            "rel": "self",
                            "type": "application/rdap+json",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
                        },
                        {
                            "href": "https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/VZDNS1-ARIN",
                            "rel": "alternate",
                            "type": "application/xml",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
                        }
                    ],
                    "objectClassName": "entity",
                    "port43": "whois.arin.net",
                    "remarks": [
                        {
                            "description": [
                                "We only manage Verizon's internal IT Reverse DNS Zones."
                            ],
                            "title": "Registration Comments"
                        }
                    ],
                    "roles": [
                        "dns"
                    ],
                    "status": [
                        "validated"
                    ],
                    "vcardArray": [
                        "vcard",
                        [
                            [
                                "version",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "4.0"
                            ],
                            [
                                "adr",
                                {
                                    "label": "2785 Mitchell Dr.\nWalnut Creek\nCA\n94598\nUnited States"
                                },
                                "text",
                                [
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    ""
                                ]
                            ],
                            [
                                "fn",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "VZ-DNSADMIN"
                            ],
                            [
                                "org",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "Verizon"
                            ],
                            [
                                "kind",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "group"
                            ],
                            [
                                "email",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "dnsadmin@verizon.com"
                            ],
                            [
                                "tel",
                                {
                                    "type": [
                                        "work",
                                        "voice"
                                    ]
                                },
                                "text",
                                "+1-800-900-0241"
                            ]
                        ]
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "eventAction": "last changed",
                            "eventDate": "2026-03-27T09:05:45-04:00"
                        },
                        {
                            "eventAction": "registration",
                            "eventDate": "2002-08-24T08:09:34-04:00"
                        }
                    ],
                    "handle": "ABUSE3-ARIN",
                    "links": [
                        {
                            "href": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ABUSE3-ARIN",
                            "rel": "self",
                            "type": "application/rdap+json",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
                        },
                        {
                            "href": "https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/ABUSE3-ARIN",
                            "rel": "alternate",
                            "type": "application/xml",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
                        }
                    ],
                    "objectClassName": "entity",
                    "port43": "whois.arin.net",
                    "remarks": [
                        {
                            "description": [
                                "Claims of copyright infringement: copyright@verizonbusiness.com.",
                                "",
                                "Reports of child pornography: abuse-cp@verizonbusiness.com.",
                                "",
                                "Illegal use or network security issues: security@verizonbusiness.com.",
                                "",
                                "SPAM or other email abuse: abuse-mail@verizonbusiness.com. (Spam complaints must include full header information from the offending email.)",
                                "",
                                "Phishing or spoofing: phishing@verizonbusiness.com.",
                                "",
                                "USENET abuse: abuse-news@verizonbusiness.com."
                            ],
                            "title": "Registration Comments"
                        }
                    ],
                    "roles": [
                        "abuse"
                    ],
                    "status": [
                        "validated"
                    ],
                    "vcardArray": [
                        "vcard",
                        [
                            [
                                "version",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "4.0"
                            ],
                            [
                                "adr",
                                {
                                    "label": "22001 Loudoun County Parkway\nAshburn\nVA\n20147\nUnited States"
                                },
                                "text",
                                [
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    ""
                                ]
                            ],
                            [
                                "fn",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "abuse"
                            ],
                            [
                                "org",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "WorldCom/UUNET Technologies, Inc."
                            ],
                            [
                                "kind",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "group"
                            ],
                            [
                                "email",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "abuse-mail@verizonbusiness.com"
                            ],
                            [
                                "email",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "abuse@verizon.com"
                            ],
                            [
                                "tel",
                                {
                                    "type": [
                                        "work",
                                        "voice"
                                    ]
                                },
                                "text",
                                "+1-800-900-0241"
                            ]
                        ]
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "events": [
                {
                    "eventAction": "last changed",
                    "eventDate": "2026-08-10T14:01:05-04:00"
                },
                {
                    "eventAction": "registration",
                    "eventDate": "2006-05-30T14:02:27-04:00"
                }
            ],
            "handle": "MCICS",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/MCICS",
                    "rel": "self",
                    "type": "application/rdap+json",
                    "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
                },
                {
                    "href": "https://whois.arin.net/rest/org/MCICS",
                    "rel": "alternate",
                    "type": "application/xml",
                    "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
                }
            ],
            "objectClassName": "entity",
            "port43": "whois.arin.net",
            "roles": [
                "registrant"
            ],
            "vcardArray": [
                "vcard",
                [
                    [
                        "version",
                        [],
                        "text",
                        "4.0"
                    ],
                    [
                        "fn",
                        [],
                        "text",
                        "Verizon Business"
                    ],
                    [
                        "adr",
                        {
                            "label": "22001 Loudoun County Pkwy\nAshburn\nVA\n20147\nUnited States"
                        },
                        "text",
                        [
                            "",
                            "",
                            "",
                            "",
                            "",
                            "",
                            ""
                        ]
                    ],
                    [
                        "kind",
                        [],
                        "text",
                        "org"
                    ]
                ]
            ]
        }
    ],
    "events": [
        {
            "eventAction": "last changed",
            "eventDate": "2022-05-31T10:04:05-04:00"
        },
        {
            "eventAction": "registration",
            "eventDate": "2010-04-06T11:44:47-04:00"
        }
    ],
    "handle": "NET6-2600-1000-1",
    "ipVersion": "v6",
    "links": [
        {
            "href": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1000::",
            "rel": "self",
            "type": "application/rdap+json",
            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
        },
        {
            "href": "https://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET6-2600-1000-1",
            "rel": "alternate",
            "type": "application/xml",
            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
        }
    ],
    "name": "WIRELESSDATANETWORK",
    "notices": [
        {
            "description": [
                "By using the ARIN RDAP/Whois service, you are agreeing to the RDAP/Whois Terms of Use"
            ],
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/whois/tou/",
                    "rel": "terms-of-service",
                    "type": "text/html",
                    "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
                }
            ],
            "title": "Terms of Service"
        },
        {
            "description": [
                "If you see inaccuracies in the results, please visit: "
            ],
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/whois/inaccuracy_reporting/",
                    "rel": "inaccuracy-report",
                    "type": "text/html",
                    "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2600:1004:b22a:afc5:1d41:7a3b:87c9:405a"
                }
            ],
            "title": "Whois Inaccuracy Reporting"
        },
        {
            "description": [
                "Copyright 1997-2026, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd."
            ],
            "title": "Copyright Notice"
        }
    ],
    "objectClassName": "ip network",
    "parentHandle": "NET6-2600-1",
    "port43": "whois.arin.net",
    "rdapConformance": [
        "nro_rdap_profile_0",
        "rdap_level_0",
        "cidr0",
        "arin_originas0"
    ],
    "startAddress": "2600:1000::",
    "status": [
        "active"
    ],
    "type": "DIRECT ALLOCATION"
}

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