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Registry record

WHOISwhois.arin.net:43
WHOIS response
Original WHOIS response
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# available at: https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/whois/tou/
#
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# Copyright 1997-2026, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd.
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#
# Query terms are ambiguous.  The query is assumed to be:
#     "n 162.147.255.255"
#
# Use "?" to get help.
#

NetRange:       162.145.0.0 - 162.147.255.255
CIDR:           162.146.0.0/15, 162.145.0.0/16
NetName:        APNIC-ERX-162-145-0-0
NetHandle:      NET-162-145-0-0-1
Parent:         NET162 (NET-162-0-0-0-0)
NetType:        Early Registrations, Transferred to APNIC
OriginAS:       
Organization:   Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)
RegDate:        2003-07-14
Updated:        2009-10-08
Comment:        This IP address range is not registered in the ARIN database.
Comment:        This range was transferred to the APNIC Whois Database as
Comment:        part of the ERX (Early Registration Transfer) project.
Comment:        For details, refer to the APNIC Whois Database via
Comment:        WHOIS.APNIC.NET or http://wq.apnic.net/apnic-bin/whois.pl
Comment:        
Comment:        ** IMPORTANT NOTE: APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry
Comment:        for the Asia Pacific region.  APNIC does not operate networks
Comment:        using this IP address range and is not able to investigate
Comment:        spam or abuse reports relating to these addresses.  For more
Comment:        help, refer to http://www.apnic.net/apnic-info/whois_search2/abuse-and-spamming
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/162.145.0.0

ResourceLink:  https://apps.db.ripe.net/db-web-ui/query
ResourceLink:  whois.apnic.net


OrgName:        Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
OrgId:          APNIC
Address:        PO Box 3646
City:           South Brisbane
StateProv:      QLD
PostalCode:     4101
Country:        AU
RegDate:        
Updated:        2012-01-24
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/APNIC

ReferralServer:  whois://whois.apnic.net
ResourceLink:  http://wq.apnic.net/whois-search/static/search.html

OrgTechHandle: AWC12-ARIN
OrgTechName:   APNIC Whois Contact
OrgTechPhone:  +61 7 3858 3188 
OrgTechEmail:  search-apnic-not-arin@apnic.net
OrgTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/AWC12-ARIN

OrgAbuseHandle: AWC12-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   APNIC Whois Contact
OrgAbusePhone:  +61 7 3858 3188 
OrgAbuseEmail:  search-apnic-not-arin@apnic.net
OrgAbuseRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/AWC12-ARIN


#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/whois/tou/
#
# If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at
# https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/whois/inaccuracy_reporting/
#
# Copyright 1997-2026, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd.
#

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Registry referral record

WHOISwhois.apnic.net:43
Record found
Original WHOIS response
% [whois.apnic.net]
% Whois data copyright terms    http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html

% Information related to '162.147.0.0 - 162.147.255.255'

% Abuse contact for '162.147.0.0 - 162.147.255.255' is 'sgs@homeaffairs.gov.au'

inetnum:        162.147.0.0 - 162.147.255.255
netname:        DEPTHOMEAFFAIRS-AU
descr:          Department of Home Affairs
country:        AU
org:            ORG-DOIA2-AP
admin-c:        DOHA4-AP
tech-c:         DOHA4-AP
abuse-c:        AA2736-AP
status:         ALLOCATED PORTABLE
remarks:        --------------------------------------------------------
remarks:        To report network abuse, please contact mnt-irt
remarks:        For troubleshooting, please contact tech-c and admin-c
remarks:        Report invalid contact via www.apnic.net/invalidcontact
remarks:        --------------------------------------------------------
mnt-by:         APNIC-HM
mnt-lower:      MAINT-AU-DEPTHOMEAFFAIRS
mnt-routes:     MAINT-AU-DEPTHOMEAFFAIRS
mnt-irt:        IRT-AU-DEPTHOMEAFFAIRS
last-modified:  2023-09-20T00:18:42Z
source:         APNIC

irt:            IRT-AU-DEPTHOMEAFFAIRS
address:        6 Chan Street
address:        Belconnen, ACT 2617
phone:          +61 2 6264 1111
fax-no:         +61 2 6225 6970
e-mail:         sgs@homeaffairs.gov.au
abuse-mailbox:  sgs@homeaffairs.gov.au
admin-c:        DOHA4-AP
tech-c:         DOHA4-AP
auth:           # Filtered
remarks:        sgs@homeaffairs.gov.au was validated on 2026-05-28
mnt-by:         MAINT-AU-DEPTHOMEAFFAIRS
last-modified:  2026-05-28T01:49:18Z
source:         APNIC

organisation:   ORG-DOIA2-AP
org-name:       Department of Home Affairs
org-type:       LIR
country:        AU
address:        6 Chan St
phone:          +61-2-6264-1111
e-mail:         internet.services.support@homeaffairs.gov.au
mnt-ref:        APNIC-HM
mnt-by:         APNIC-HM
last-modified:  2023-09-19T12:56:42Z
source:         APNIC

role:           ABUSE AUDEPTHOMEAFFAIRS
country:        ZZ
address:        6 Chan Street
address:        Belconnen, ACT 2617
phone:          +61 2 6264 1111
e-mail:         sgs@homeaffairs.gov.au
admin-c:        DOHA4-AP
tech-c:         DOHA4-AP
nic-hdl:        AA2736-AP
remarks:        Generated from irt object IRT-AU-DEPTHOMEAFFAIRS
remarks:        sgs@homeaffairs.gov.au was validated on 2026-05-28
abuse-mailbox:  sgs@homeaffairs.gov.au
mnt-by:         APNIC-ABUSE
last-modified:  2026-05-28T01:49:54Z
source:         APNIC

role:           Department of Home Affairs administrator
address:        6 Chan Street
address:        Belconnen, ACT 2617
country:        AU
phone:          +61 2 6264 1111
fax-no:         +61 2 6225 6970
e-mail:         sgs@homeaffairs.gov.au
admin-c:        DOHA4-AP
tech-c:         DOHA4-AP
nic-hdl:        DOHA4-AP
mnt-by:         MAINT-AU-DEPTHOMEAFFAIRS
last-modified:  2023-09-19T00:41:08Z
source:         APNIC

% This query was served by the APNIC Whois Service version 1.88.48 (WHOIS-UK2)


Route / route6 records IRR

whois.apnic.net:43

BGP observations →

Exact and covering objects from APNIC. These are registered routing policies; they do not confirm a live announcement.

No matching route objects were returned by this registry. Records may exist in another IRR.

Registry · WHOIS Original response
whois.arin.net:43
#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/whois/tou/
#
# If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at
# https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/whois/inaccuracy_reporting/
#
# Copyright 1997-2026, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd.
#


#
# Query terms are ambiguous.  The query is assumed to be:
#     "n 162.147.255.255"
#
# Use "?" to get help.
#

NetRange:       162.145.0.0 - 162.147.255.255
CIDR:           162.146.0.0/15, 162.145.0.0/16
NetName:        APNIC-ERX-162-145-0-0
NetHandle:      NET-162-145-0-0-1
Parent:         NET162 (NET-162-0-0-0-0)
NetType:        Early Registrations, Transferred to APNIC
OriginAS:       
Organization:   Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)
RegDate:        2003-07-14
Updated:        2009-10-08
Comment:        This IP address range is not registered in the ARIN database.
Comment:        This range was transferred to the APNIC Whois Database as
Comment:        part of the ERX (Early Registration Transfer) project.
Comment:        For details, refer to the APNIC Whois Database via
Comment:        WHOIS.APNIC.NET or http://wq.apnic.net/apnic-bin/whois.pl
Comment:        
Comment:        ** IMPORTANT NOTE: APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry
Comment:        for the Asia Pacific region.  APNIC does not operate networks
Comment:        using this IP address range and is not able to investigate
Comment:        spam or abuse reports relating to these addresses.  For more
Comment:        help, refer to http://www.apnic.net/apnic-info/whois_search2/abuse-and-spamming
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/162.145.0.0

ResourceLink:  https://apps.db.ripe.net/db-web-ui/query
ResourceLink:  whois.apnic.net


OrgName:        Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
OrgId:          APNIC
Address:        PO Box 3646
City:           South Brisbane
StateProv:      QLD
PostalCode:     4101
Country:        AU
RegDate:        
Updated:        2012-01-24
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/APNIC

ReferralServer:  whois://whois.apnic.net
ResourceLink:  http://wq.apnic.net/whois-search/static/search.html

OrgTechHandle: AWC12-ARIN
OrgTechName:   APNIC Whois Contact
OrgTechPhone:  +61 7 3858 3188 
OrgTechEmail:  search-apnic-not-arin@apnic.net
OrgTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/AWC12-ARIN

OrgAbuseHandle: AWC12-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   APNIC Whois Contact
OrgAbusePhone:  +61 7 3858 3188 
OrgAbuseEmail:  search-apnic-not-arin@apnic.net
OrgAbuseRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/AWC12-ARIN


#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/whois/tou/
#
# If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at
# https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/whois/inaccuracy_reporting/
#
# Copyright 1997-2026, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd.
#

Registry referral · WHOIS Original response
whois.apnic.net:43
% [whois.apnic.net]
% Whois data copyright terms    http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html

% Information related to '162.147.0.0 - 162.147.255.255'

% Abuse contact for '162.147.0.0 - 162.147.255.255' is 'sgs@homeaffairs.gov.au'

inetnum:        162.147.0.0 - 162.147.255.255
netname:        DEPTHOMEAFFAIRS-AU
descr:          Department of Home Affairs
country:        AU
org:            ORG-DOIA2-AP
admin-c:        DOHA4-AP
tech-c:         DOHA4-AP
abuse-c:        AA2736-AP
status:         ALLOCATED PORTABLE
remarks:        --------------------------------------------------------
remarks:        To report network abuse, please contact mnt-irt
remarks:        For troubleshooting, please contact tech-c and admin-c
remarks:        Report invalid contact via www.apnic.net/invalidcontact
remarks:        --------------------------------------------------------
mnt-by:         APNIC-HM
mnt-lower:      MAINT-AU-DEPTHOMEAFFAIRS
mnt-routes:     MAINT-AU-DEPTHOMEAFFAIRS
mnt-irt:        IRT-AU-DEPTHOMEAFFAIRS
last-modified:  2023-09-20T00:18:42Z
source:         APNIC

irt:            IRT-AU-DEPTHOMEAFFAIRS
address:        6 Chan Street
address:        Belconnen, ACT 2617
phone:          +61 2 6264 1111
fax-no:         +61 2 6225 6970
e-mail:         sgs@homeaffairs.gov.au
abuse-mailbox:  sgs@homeaffairs.gov.au
admin-c:        DOHA4-AP
tech-c:         DOHA4-AP
auth:           # Filtered
remarks:        sgs@homeaffairs.gov.au was validated on 2026-05-28
mnt-by:         MAINT-AU-DEPTHOMEAFFAIRS
last-modified:  2026-05-28T01:49:18Z
source:         APNIC

organisation:   ORG-DOIA2-AP
org-name:       Department of Home Affairs
org-type:       LIR
country:        AU
address:        6 Chan St
phone:          +61-2-6264-1111
e-mail:         internet.services.support@homeaffairs.gov.au
mnt-ref:        APNIC-HM
mnt-by:         APNIC-HM
last-modified:  2023-09-19T12:56:42Z
source:         APNIC

role:           ABUSE AUDEPTHOMEAFFAIRS
country:        ZZ
address:        6 Chan Street
address:        Belconnen, ACT 2617
phone:          +61 2 6264 1111
e-mail:         sgs@homeaffairs.gov.au
admin-c:        DOHA4-AP
tech-c:         DOHA4-AP
nic-hdl:        AA2736-AP
remarks:        Generated from irt object IRT-AU-DEPTHOMEAFFAIRS
remarks:        sgs@homeaffairs.gov.au was validated on 2026-05-28
abuse-mailbox:  sgs@homeaffairs.gov.au
mnt-by:         APNIC-ABUSE
last-modified:  2026-05-28T01:49:54Z
source:         APNIC

role:           Department of Home Affairs administrator
address:        6 Chan Street
address:        Belconnen, ACT 2617
country:        AU
phone:          +61 2 6264 1111
fax-no:         +61 2 6225 6970
e-mail:         sgs@homeaffairs.gov.au
admin-c:        DOHA4-AP
tech-c:         DOHA4-AP
nic-hdl:        DOHA4-AP
mnt-by:         MAINT-AU-DEPTHOMEAFFAIRS
last-modified:  2023-09-19T00:41:08Z
source:         APNIC

% This query was served by the APNIC Whois Service version 1.88.48 (WHOIS-UK2)


RDAP was unavailable; this result was retrieved through WHOIS.