City: unknown
Region: unknown
Country: IANA Special-Purpose Address
Internet Service Provider: unknown
Hostname: unknown
Organization: unknown
Usage Type: unknown
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NetRange: 198.18.0.0 - 198.19.255.255
CIDR: 198.18.0.0/15
NetName: SPECIAL-IPV4-BENCHMARK-TESTING-IANA-RESERVED
NetHandle: NET-198-18-0-0-1
Parent: NET198 (NET-198-0-0-0-0)
NetType: IANA Special Use
OriginAS:
Organization: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
RegDate: 1992-11-23
Updated: 2024-05-24
Comment: Addresses starting with "198.18." or "198.19." are set aside for use in isolated laboratory networks used for benchmarking and performance testing. They should never appear on the Internet and if you see Internet traffic using these addresses, they are being used without permission.
Comment:
Comment: This assignment was made by the IETF, the organization that develops Internet protocols, in RFC 2544, which can be found at:
Comment: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc2544
Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/198.18.0.0
OrgName: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
OrgId: IANA
Address: 12025 Waterfront Drive
Address: Suite 300
City: Los Angeles
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 90292
Country: US
RegDate:
Updated: 2024-05-24
Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/IANA
OrgAbuseHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: ICANN
OrgAbusePhone: +1-310-301-5820
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@iana.org
OrgAbuseRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/IANA-IP-ARIN
OrgTechHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN
OrgTechName: ICANN
OrgTechPhone: +1-310-301-5820
OrgTechEmail: abuse@iana.org
OrgTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/IANA-IP-ARIN
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#; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P4-Ubuntu <<>> 198.18.0.253
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 39992
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;198.18.0.253. IN A
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
. 30 IN SOA a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2026101300 1800 900 604800 86400
;; Query time: 8 msec
;; SERVER: 183.60.83.19#53(183.60.83.19)
;; WHEN: Tue Oct 13 15:56:08 CST 2026
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 105Host 253.0.18.198.in-addr.arpa. not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)Server: 183.60.83.19
Address: 183.60.83.19#53
** server can't find 253.0.18.198.in-addr.arpa: NXDOMAIN