Data as of Nov 10, 2026
197.242.156.0/24
1 anonymizer address · 0.39% · VPN1 residential-proxy exit · 30 daysAfrihost SP (Pty) Ltd
Residential-proxy exits
Proxy exits
1
0.39% of its addresses · 30 days
Providers
20
selling exits here
Oct 11, 2026 – Nov 8, 2026
Exits seen per day
117 observations
Proxy providers listing exits
- AnyIP
- BirdProxies
- BottingTools
- Byteful
- DataImpulse
- Decodo
- GloryCloud
- Infatica
- LemonBright
- Novada
- Oxylabs
- ProxyEmpire
- ProxyRack
- ProxyWing
- Proxying
- Proxyma
- Shifter
- Thordata
- ThunderProxy
- Webshare
IPv4 market
Path
1 · Holder
2 · Leased from
not leased
Operators, sellers and brokers
VPN services
| Name | Parent | In 197.242.156.0/24 | /24s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscribe | 10.39% | 1 |
Registrations in this block
The registry's network records over this block, widest first, each under its parent.
| Range | Addresses | Netname | Holder | Type | Created | Abuse contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 197.242.144.0/20 | 4,096 | AFRIHOST-SP | Afrihost SP (Pty) Ltd (ORG-AS7-AFRINIC) · ZA | ALLOCATED PA | — | abuse@ |
| └ 197.242.152.0/21 | 2,048 | Afrihost-Dedi | Afrihost SP (Pty) Ltd (ORG-AS7-AFRINIC) · ZA | ASSIGNED PA | — | abuse@ 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
256 addresses
| Type | Addresses | Share | Ranges | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 255 | >99% | 2 | |
| VPNanonymizer | 1 | 0.39% | 1 |
Network & registry
Announced by
Covering announcement 197.242.144.0/20
- Prefix
- 197.242.144.0/20
- Announced by
- AS37611 Afrihost SP (Pty) Ltd
- Type
- Residential
- Anonymizer addresses
- 6 addresses · 0.15%VPN
- Operator
- VPN servicesoperated by Windscribe
- Proxy exits
- 5
- RPKI
- RPKI valid
- Netname
- AFRIHOST-SP
- Registrant
- Afrihost SP (Pty) Ltd
- RIR
- AFRINIC
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
Routing timeline
Who has announced 197.242.144.0/20
197.242.144.0/20
Routing history
- Pattern
- Stable
- First seen
- Mar 2012
- Current origin since
- Jul 2019 · 7.3 yr
- Origin networks
- 2
- Last change of origin
- Jul 2019
Recorded history
History
- Handoffs
- 1
RPKI
Route origin authorizations
| ROA prefix | ASN | Max len | Anchor | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 197.242.144.0/20 | AS37611 | /32 | AFRINIC | RPKI valid |
IRR
Route objects on 197.242.144.0/20
| Origin | Registry | Description | Maintainer | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS37611 | AFRINIC | Afrihost | AS7-MNT | Jun 30, 2025 |
Whois
Registration for this announcement
- Range
- 197.
242. 144. 0/ 20 - Netname
- AFRIHOST-SP
- Registrant
- Afrihost SP (Pty) Ltd
- Registrant country
- ZA
- Organization
- Afrihost SP (Pty) Ltd (ORG-AS7-AFRINIC)
- Org country
- ZA
- Type
- ALLOCATED PA
- Parent
- 197.
0. 0. 0 - 197. 255. 255. 255 - Created
- Not stated by the registry
- Maintainer
- AFRINIC-HM-MNT
- RIR
- AFRINIC
- Country
- ZA
- Delegated
- Mar 26, 2012
- Status
- assigned
Report abuse
Abuse contact
- abuse@
afrihost. co. za - Name
- IRT-AS37611-ZA
- Handle
- IRT-AS37611-ZA