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

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Cached registry record

IPv6 WHOIS record for 2601:281:ce80:90f0::fc45

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

2601:281:ce80:90f0::fc45

Record source

rdap

Cached at

2026-09-13 23:43:26 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": "2601:280::",
            "length": 26
        }
    ],
    "endAddress": "2601:2bf:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff",
    "entities": [
        {
            "entities": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "eventAction": "last changed",
                            "eventDate": "2026-05-21T11:13:31-04:00"
                        },
                        {
                            "eventAction": "registration",
                            "eventDate": "2002-09-30T17:45:14-04:00"
                        }
                    ],
                    "handle": "NAPO-ARIN",
                    "links": [
                        {
                            "href": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/NAPO-ARIN",
                            "rel": "self",
                            "type": "application/rdap+json",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2601:281:ce80:90f0::fc45"
                        },
                        {
                            "href": "https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/NAPO-ARIN",
                            "rel": "alternate",
                            "type": "application/xml",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2601:281:ce80:90f0::fc45"
                        }
                    ],
                    "objectClassName": "entity",
                    "port43": "whois.arin.net",
                    "remarks": [
                        {
                            "description": [
                                "This contact is to be used for network abuse, spam/phishing, and legally constituted requests for information or action. It is not for any other purpose."
                            ],
                            "title": "Registration Comments"
                        }
                    ],
                    "roles": [
                        "abuse"
                    ],
                    "status": [
                        "validated"
                    ],
                    "vcardArray": [
                        "vcard",
                        [
                            [
                                "version",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "4.0"
                            ],
                            [
                                "adr",
                                {
                                    "label": "1800 Bishops Gate Blvd\nMount Laurel\nNJ\n08054\nUnited States"
                                },
                                "text",
                                [
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    ""
                                ]
                            ],
                            [
                                "fn",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "Network Abuse and Policy Observance"
                            ],
                            [
                                "org",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "Comcast Cable Communications, Inc."
                            ],
                            [
                                "kind",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "group"
                            ],
                            [
                                "email",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "abuse@comcast.net"
                            ],
                            [
                                "tel",
                                {
                                    "type": [
                                        "work",
                                        "voice"
                                    ]
                                },
                                "text",
                                "+1-888-565-4329"
                            ]
                        ]
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "eventAction": "last changed",
                            "eventDate": "2025-09-19T12:35:21-04:00"
                        },
                        {
                            "eventAction": "registration",
                            "eventDate": "2002-06-12T11:30:41-04:00"
                        }
                    ],
                    "handle": "IC161-ARIN",
                    "links": [
                        {
                            "href": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/IC161-ARIN",
                            "rel": "self",
                            "type": "application/rdap+json",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2601:281:ce80:90f0::fc45"
                        },
                        {
                            "href": "https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/IC161-ARIN",
                            "rel": "alternate",
                            "type": "application/xml",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2601:281:ce80:90f0::fc45"
                        }
                    ],
                    "objectClassName": "entity",
                    "port43": "whois.arin.net",
                    "remarks": [
                        {
                            "description": [
                                "This is not an Abuse, Spam, or Legal notification POC.",
                                "Please use Abuse@comcast.net for all security, takedown, and emergency issues. This IP Registration address cannot address those issues.",
                                "Please email, there is no available phone number."
                            ],
                            "title": "Registration Comments"
                        }
                    ],
                    "roles": [
                        "administrative",
                        "technical"
                    ],
                    "status": [
                        "validated"
                    ],
                    "vcardArray": [
                        "vcard",
                        [
                            [
                                "version",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "4.0"
                            ],
                            [
                                "adr",
                                {
                                    "label": "1800 Bishops Gate Blvd\nMount Laurel\nNJ\n08054\nUnited States"
                                },
                                "text",
                                [
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    ""
                                ]
                            ],
                            [
                                "fn",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "Comcast Cable Communications Inc"
                            ],
                            [
                                "org",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "Comcast Cable Communications, Inc."
                            ],
                            [
                                "kind",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "group"
                            ],
                            [
                                "email",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "CNIPEO-Ip-registration@cable.comcast.com"
                            ],
                            [
                                "tel",
                                {
                                    "type": [
                                        "work",
                                        "voice"
                                    ]
                                },
                                "text",
                                "+1-856-792-2300"
                            ]
                        ]
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "eventAction": "last changed",
                            "eventDate": "2026-09-02T12:36:43-04:00"
                        },
                        {
                            "eventAction": "registration",
                            "eventDate": "2020-11-18T14:40:04-05:00"
                        }
                    ],
                    "handle": "ROUTI25-ARIN",
                    "links": [
                        {
                            "href": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ROUTI25-ARIN",
                            "rel": "self",
                            "type": "application/rdap+json",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2601:281:ce80:90f0::fc45"
                        },
                        {
                            "href": "https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/ROUTI25-ARIN",
                            "rel": "alternate",
                            "type": "application/xml",
                            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2601:281:ce80:90f0::fc45"
                        }
                    ],
                    "objectClassName": "entity",
                    "port43": "whois.arin.net",
                    "remarks": [
                        {
                            "description": [
                                "Issues related to Routing, RPKI, Route Registry.",
                                "Not monitored 24/7.",
                                "Please email, there is no available phone number."
                            ],
                            "title": "Registration Comments"
                        }
                    ],
                    "roles": [
                        "routing"
                    ],
                    "status": [
                        "validated"
                    ],
                    "vcardArray": [
                        "vcard",
                        [
                            [
                                "version",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "4.0"
                            ],
                            [
                                "adr",
                                {
                                    "label": "1800 Bishops Gate Blvd\nMt Laurel\nNJ\n08054\nUnited States"
                                },
                                "text",
                                [
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    "",
                                    ""
                                ]
                            ],
                            [
                                "fn",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "Routing"
                            ],
                            [
                                "org",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "Comcast"
                            ],
                            [
                                "kind",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "group"
                            ],
                            [
                                "email",
                                [],
                                "text",
                                "routing@comcast.com"
                            ],
                            [
                                "tel",
                                {
                                    "type": [
                                        "work",
                                        "voice"
                                    ]
                                },
                                "text",
                                "+1-856-792-2300"
                            ]
                        ]
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "events": [
                {
                    "eventAction": "last changed",
                    "eventDate": "2020-11-18T14:58:28-05:00"
                },
                {
                    "eventAction": "registration",
                    "eventDate": "2001-09-18T00:00:00-04:00"
                }
            ],
            "handle": "CCCS",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/CCCS",
                    "rel": "self",
                    "type": "application/rdap+json",
                    "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2601:281:ce80:90f0::fc45"
                },
                {
                    "href": "https://whois.arin.net/rest/org/CCCS",
                    "rel": "alternate",
                    "type": "application/xml",
                    "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2601:281:ce80:90f0::fc45"
                }
            ],
            "objectClassName": "entity",
            "port43": "whois.arin.net",
            "roles": [
                "registrant"
            ],
            "vcardArray": [
                "vcard",
                [
                    [
                        "version",
                        [],
                        "text",
                        "4.0"
                    ],
                    [
                        "fn",
                        [],
                        "text",
                        "Comcast Cable Communications, LLC"
                    ],
                    [
                        "adr",
                        {
                            "label": "1800 Bishops Gate Blvd\nMt Laurel\nNJ\n08054\nUnited States"
                        },
                        "text",
                        [
                            "",
                            "",
                            "",
                            "",
                            "",
                            "",
                            ""
                        ]
                    ],
                    [
                        "kind",
                        [],
                        "text",
                        "org"
                    ]
                ]
            ]
        }
    ],
    "events": [
        {
            "eventAction": "last changed",
            "eventDate": "2017-11-28T10:10:29-05:00"
        },
        {
            "eventAction": "registration",
            "eventDate": "2015-03-24T13:31:25-04:00"
        }
    ],
    "handle": "NET6-2601-280-1",
    "ipVersion": "v6",
    "links": [
        {
            "href": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2601:280::",
            "rel": "self",
            "type": "application/rdap+json",
            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2601:281:ce80:90f0::fc45"
        },
        {
            "href": "https://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET6-2601-280-1",
            "rel": "alternate",
            "type": "application/xml",
            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2601:281:ce80:90f0::fc45"
        },
        {
            "href": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2601::/20",
            "rel": "up",
            "type": "application/rdap+json",
            "value": "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/2601:281:ce80:90f0::fc45"
        }
    ],
    "name": "DENVER-RPD-V6-2",
    "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/2601:281:ce80:90f0::fc45"
                }
            ],
            "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/2601:281:ce80:90f0::fc45"
                }
            ],
            "title": "Whois Inaccuracy Reporting"
        },
        {
            "description": [
                "Copyright 1997-2026, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd."
            ],
            "title": "Copyright Notice"
        }
    ],
    "objectClassName": "ip network",
    "parentHandle": "NET6-2601-1",
    "port43": "whois.arin.net",
    "rdapConformance": [
        "nro_rdap_profile_0",
        "rdap_level_0",
        "cidr0",
        "arin_originas0"
    ],
    "startAddress": "2601:280::",
    "status": [
        "active"
    ],
    "type": "ASSIGNMENT"
}

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