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132.185.158.45
IP addressHeld by BBC-MNT2 requests in 0.4 s2026-11-09 05:24:42 UTCRegistered
Network
| Range | 132.185.0.0 – 132.185.255.255 |
|---|---|
| CIDR | 132.185.0.0/16 |
| Name | BBC |
| Held by | BBC-MNT BBC-MNT |
| Country | GB |
| Description | British Broadcasting Corporation ******************************************************* * This address space is used for BBC Staff members * * accessing the internet. In case of any problems * * with users of this address space (spam, attacks, * * illegal activity, etc) please email abuse@bbc.co.uk * ******************************************************* BBC |
| Type | LEGACY |
| Announced by | AS2818 |
| Handle | 132.185.0.0 - 132.185.255.255 · part of 0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255 |
| Registered | · 56 years, 10 months ago |
| Last changed | · 3 months, 18 days ago |
| Status | active |
| Report abuse | abuse@bbc.co.uk |
| Registry | ARIN |
Reverse DNS and more: DNS lookup for 132.185.158.45.
WHOIS
The raw replies over port 43, as the whois command shows them.
RIPE NCC whois.ripe.net
% This is the RIPE Database query service. % The objects are in RPSL format. % % The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions. % See https://docs.db.ripe.net/terms-conditions.html % Note: this output has been filtered. % To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag. % Information related to '132.185.0.0 - 132.185.255.255' % Abuse contact for '132.185.0.0 - 132.185.255.255' is 'abuse@bbc.co.uk' inetnum: 132.185.0.0 - 132.185.255.255 netname: BBC org: ORG-BA1824-RIPE descr: British Broadcasting Corporation descr: ******************************************************* descr: * This address space is used for BBC Staff members * descr: * accessing the internet. In case of any problems * descr: * with users of this address space (spam, attacks, * descr: * illegal activity, etc) please email abuse@bbc.co.uk * descr: ******************************************************* country: GB admin-c: BBC-RIPE tech-c: BBC-RIPE status: LEGACY mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-LEGACY-MNT mnt-by: BBC-MNT created: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z last-modified: 2026-07-21T13:44:53Z source: RIPE organisation: ORG-BA1824-RIPE org-name: BBC org-type: OTHER address: BBC The Lighthouse, 201 Wood Lane address: London address: W12 7TQ country: GB reg-nr: Not Applicable abuse-c: BBCA-RIPE mnt-ref: BBC-LEGACY-MNT created: 2026-07-20T15:56:54Z last-modified: 2026-07-21T13:55:09Z source: RIPE # Filtered mnt-by: BBC-LEGACY-MNT role: BBC RIPE Role address: BBC Broadcasting House address: Portland Place, LONDON, W1A 1AA phone: +441618360000 admin-c: PT9615-RIPE admin-c: MS56025-RIPE tech-c: PT9615-RIPE tech-c: MS56025-RIPE nic-hdl: BBC-RIPE mnt-by: BBC-MNT created: 2001-10-15T15:50:08Z last-modified: 2024-10-17T10:01:00Z source: RIPE # Filtered % Information related to '132.185.158.0/24AS2818' route: 132.185.158.0/24 descr: BBC origin: AS2818 mnt-by: BBC-MNT created: 2017-03-02T10:21:01Z last-modified: 2017-03-02T10:21:01Z source: RIPE % This query was served by the RIPE Database Query Service version 1.124.1 (SHETLAND)
RDAP
The JSON replies WHOIS is being replaced by.
RIPE NCC https://rdap.db.ripe.net/ip/132.185.158.45
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}Servers asked
| Protocol | Server | Result | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| RDAP | https://rdap.db.ripe.net/ip/132.185.158.45 | HTTP 200 | 358 ms |
| WHOIS | whois.ripe.net “132.185.158.45” | 2,424 bytes | 36 ms |