Data as of Nov 10, 2026

197.242.144.0/20

6 anonymizer addresses · 0.15% · VPN5 residential-proxy exits · 30 days

Afrihost SP (Pty) Ltd

Announcement
this exact prefix
RPKI valid
Announced by
Type
Residential
>99% of it

Residential-proxy exits

Proxy exits
5
0.12% of its addresses · 30 days
Spread
4 of 16
/24s with at least one exit
Providers
41
selling exits here
Oct 11, 2026 – Nov 8, 2026

Exits seen per day

389 observations

/24s with the most always-on exits

Proxy providers listing exits

  • 711Proxy
  • Ake.net
  • AnyIP
  • BirdProxies
  • BottingTools
  • Byteful
  • CatProxies
  • CliProxy
  • CoreProxy
  • DataImpulse
  • Decodo
  • EnigmaProxy
  • Evomi
  • Geonode
  • GloryCloud
  • IPFly
  • IPRoyal
  • Infatica
  • InfiniteProxies
  • KocerRoxy
  • Kookey
  • LemonBright
  • MagneticProxy
  • MarsProxies
  • NSocks
  • NodeMaven
  • NovaProxy
  • Novada
  • Oxylabs
  • PacketStream
  • PrivateProxy
  • ProxyEmpire
  • ProxyRack
  • ProxyWing
  • Proxying
  • Proxyma
  • Shifter
  • Thordata
  • ThunderProxy
  • VantageProxies
  • Webshare
IPv4 market

Path

2 · Leased from
not leased
3 · Announced by
AS37611 Afrihost SP (Pty) Ltd
since Jul 2019 · 7.3 yr ago
4 · Use
VPN servicesnamed Windscribe
Residential

Operators, sellers and brokers

VPN services

NameParentIn 197.242.144.0/20/24s
Windscribe
60.15%
4

Lineage

How this block came to its use, oldest first. The whole IPv4 market →

197.242.144.0/20

From the registry to its use

  1. Mar 21, 2012– Aug 8, 2012
    Announced
    AS3741 Dimension Data
    Internet provider
  2. Jan 12, 2017
    Route object
    AS37611 Afrihost SP (Pty) Ltd
    AFRINIC route object for AS37611 Afrihost SP (Pty) Ltd, maintainer AS7-MNT
  3. Jul 7, 2019– Nov 9, 2026
    Announced
    AS37611 Afrihost SP (Pty) Ltd
    Internet provider
  4. today
    Registry record
    Afrihost SP (Pty) Ltd
    ALLOCATED PA
    197.242.144.0/20
  5. today
    Used
    Windscribe
    VPN

Registrations in this block

The registry's network records over the announcement: those covering it, widest first, then every record inside it, under its parent.

RangeAddressesNetnameHolderTypeCreatedAbuse contact
197.242.144.0/204,096AFRIHOST-SPAfrihost SP (Pty) Ltd (ORG-AS7-AFRINIC) · ZAALLOCATED PA—abuse@afrihost.co.za
└ 197.242.144.0/212,048Afrihost-CloudAfrihost SP (Pty) Ltd (ORG-AS7-AFRINIC) · ZAASSIGNED PA—abuse@afrihost.co.za
via AFRIHOST-SP
└ 197.242.152.0/212,048Afrihost-DediAfrihost SP (Pty) Ltd (ORG-AS7-AFRINIC) · ZAASSIGNED PA—abuse@afrihost.co.za
via AFRIHOST-SP

A contact marked “via” is the registry's: the record names none of its own, so the registry hands down its parent's.

Composition

The types across the prefix's announced space, by addresses.

Announced space

Address share

Announced space

Types across the prefix

4,096 addresses
TypeAddressesShareRanges
Residential4,090>99%7
VPNanonymizer60.15%6

Network & registry

Origin network

AS37611

ZA
Name
Afrihost SP (Pty) Ltd
Type
Internet provider
Registered
Aug 20, 2013
Domain
afrihost.com
Website
www.afrihost.com
Industry
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Spamhaus ASN-DROP
not listed
VPN servers
6