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NetRange:       138.71.0.0 - 138.71.255.255
CIDR:           138.71.0.0/16
NetName:        APNIC-ERX-138-71-0-0
NetHandle:      NET-138-71-0-0-1
Parent:         NET138 (NET-138-0-0-0-0)
NetType:        Early Registrations, Transferred to APNIC
OriginAS:       
Organization:   Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)
RegDate:        2003-12-11
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/138.71.0.0

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

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

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


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Found a referral to whois.apnic.net.

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% Whois data copyright terms    http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html

% Information related to '138.0.0.0 - 138.255.255.255'

% Abuse contact for '138.0.0.0 - 138.255.255.255' is 'helpdesk@apnic.net'

inetnum:        138.0.0.0 - 138.255.255.255
netname:        ERX-NETBLOCK
descr:          Early registration addresses
country:        AU
admin-c:        IANA1-AP
tech-c:         IANA1-AP
abuse-c:        AA1452-AP
status:         ALLOCATED PORTABLE
remarks:        ------------------------------------------------------
remarks:        Important:
remarks:
remarks:        Networks in this range were allocated by InterNIC
remarks:        prior to the formation of Regional Internet
remarks:        Registries (RIRs): AfriNIC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC and RIPE NCC.
remarks:
remarks:        Address ranges from this historical space have now
remarks:        been transferred to the appropriate RIR database.remarks:
remarks:        If your search has returned this record, it means the
remarks:        address range is not administered by APNIC.
remarks:
remarks:        Instead, please search one of the following databases:
remarks:
remarks:        - AfriNIC (Africa)
remarks:        website: http://www.afrinic.net/
remarks:        command line: whois.afrinic.net
remarks:
remarks:        - ARIN (Northern America)
remarks:        website: http://www.arin.net/
remarks:        command line: whois.arin.net
remarks:
remarks:        - LACNIC (Latin America and the Carribean)
remarks:        website: http://www.lacnic.net/
remarks:        command line: whois.lacnic.net
remarks:
remarks:        - RIPE NCC (Europe)
remarks:        website: http://www.ripe.net/
remarks:        command line: whois.ripe.net
remarks:
remarks:        For information on the Early Registration Transfer
remarks:        (ERX) project, see:
remarks:
remarks:        http://www.apnic.net/db/erx
remarks:
remarks:        ------------------------------------------------------
mnt-by:         APNIC-HM
mnt-lower:      APNIC-HM
mnt-irt:        IRT-APNIC-AP
last-modified:  2025-10-06T22:59:37Z
source:         APNIC

irt:            IRT-APNIC-AP
address:        Brisbane, Australia
e-mail:         helpdesk@apnic.net
abuse-mailbox:  helpdesk@apnic.net
admin-c:        HM20-AP
tech-c:         NO4-AP
remarks:        APNIC is a Regional Internet Registry.
remarks:        We do not operate the referring network and
remarks:        are unable to investigate complaints of network abuse.
remarks:        For information about IRT, see www.apnic.net/irt
remarks:        helpdesk@apnic.net was validated on 2020-02-03
auth:           # Filtered
mnt-by:         APNIC-HM
last-modified:  2025-11-18T00:26:21Z
source:         APNIC

role:           ABUSE APNICAP
country:        ZZ
address:        Brisbane, Australia
phone:          +000000000
e-mail:         helpdesk@apnic.net
admin-c:        HM20-AP
tech-c:         NO4-AP
nic-hdl:        AA1452-AP
remarks:        Generated from irt object IRT-APNIC-AP
remarks:        helpdesk@apnic.net was validated on 2020-02-03
abuse-mailbox:  helpdesk@apnic.net
mnt-by:         APNIC-ABUSE
last-modified:  2025-11-28T01:00:58Z
source:         APNIC

role:           Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
address:        see http://www.iana.org.
admin-c:        IANA1-AP
tech-c:         IANA1-AP
nic-hdl:        IANA1-AP
remarks:        For more information on IANA services
remarks:        go to IANA web site at http://www.iana.org.
mnt-by:         MAINT-APNIC-AP
last-modified:  2018-06-22T22:34:30Z
source:         APNIC

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