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% Information related to '195.176.20.0 - 195.176.20.255'

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inetnum:        195.176.20.0 - 195.176.20.255
netname:        CH-IBM-RESEARCH-NET
descr:          Network of IBM Research Laboratory
descr:          Rueschlikon, Switzerland
country:        CH
admin-c:        AM40154-RIPE
tech-c:         AM40154-RIPE
status:         ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by:         SWITCH-MNT
mnt-irt:        IRT-SWITCH-CERT
created:        2002-05-08T12:11:04Z
last-modified:  2016-11-08T10:16:58Z
source:         RIPE

person:         Andreas Meier
address:        IBM Research GmbH
address:        Saeumerstrasse 4
address:        8803 Rueschlikon
address:        Switzerland
phone:          +41 44 724 8666
nic-hdl:        AM40154-RIPE
mnt-by:         SWITCH-MNT
created:        2016-11-08T09:48:17Z
last-modified:  2016-11-08T09:48:17Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered

% Information related to '195.176.0.0/17AS559'

route:          195.176.0.0/17
descr:          SWITCH-AGGR.100
origin:         AS559
mnt-by:         AS559-MNT
created:        2015-03-10T13:59:41Z
last-modified:  2015-03-10T13:59:41Z
source:         RIPE

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3 records found for '195.176.20.45'
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Inverse attributes

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-T

Object types

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 Returns address range that exactly matches the queried IP address range
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