IP Location Lookup Tool

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flag Porto-novo, Ouémé Department, Benin
Threat 0
AS37518 (Fiber Grid INC)
Fiber Grid INC

IP address

196.56.50.156

Geolocation Info

IP

196.56.50.156

City

Porto-novo

District / County

Porto Novo

State Code

BJ-OU

State / Province

Ouémé Department

Country Name

Benin

Country Name Official

Republic of Benin

Country Capital

Porto-novo

Country Code (ISO-2)

BJ

Country Code (ISO-3)

BEN

Country Flag

Flag link

Coordinates

6.47862, 2.62032

Continent Name

Africa

Continent Code

AF

Geoname ID

7668939

ZipCode

N/A

Is EU?

false

Country Emoji

🇧🇯

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ASN Info

AS Number

AS37518

Organization

Fiber Grid INC

Country

SC
Powered by ASN data

Regional Overview

Calling Code

+229

Languages

fr-BJ

Country TLD

.bj

Currency Info

Currency Code

XOF

Currency Name

CFA Franc BCEAO

Currency Symbol

CFA

Exchange Rate

XOF

TimeZone Info

Name

Africa/Porto-Novo

Offset

1.0

Offset With DST

1.0

Current Time

2026-07-17 22:50:19.804+0100

Current Time Unix

1.784325019804E9

Current TZ Abbreviation

WAT

Current TZ Full Name

West Africa Standard Time

Standard TZ Abbreviation

WAT

Standard TZ Full Name

West Africa Standard Time

DST TZ Abbreviation

N/A

DST TZ Full Name

N/A

Is DST

false

DST Savings

0

DST Exists

false

Powered by Time Zone data
Response Preview 
{
  "ip" : "196.56.50.156",
  "hostname" : "196.56.50.156",
  "location" : {
    "district" : "Porto Novo",
    "city" : "Porto-novo",
    "locality" : "Porto-novo",
    "zipcode" : "",
    "latitude" : "6.47862",
    "longitude" : "2.62032",
    "continent_code" : "AF",
    "continent_name" : "Africa",
    "country_code2" : "BJ",
    "country_code3" : "BEN",
    "country_name" : "Benin",
    "country_name_official" : "Republic of Benin",
    "country_capital" : "Porto-novo",
    "state_prov" : "Ouémé Department",
    "state_code" : "BJ-OU",
    "accuracy_radius" : "12.605",
    "confidence" : "high",
    "dma_code" : "",
    "is_eu" : false,
    "country_flag" : "https://ipgeolocation.io/static/flags/bj_64.png",
    "geoname_id" : "7668939",
    "country_emoji" : "🇧🇯"
  },
  "country_metadata" : {
    "tld" : ".bj",
    "languages" : [ "fr-BJ" ],
    "calling_code" : "+229"
  },
  "network" : {
    "route" : "196.56.0.0/16",
    "connection_type" : "",
    "is_anycast" : false
  },
  "currency" : {
    "code" : "XOF",
    "name" : "CFA Franc BCEAO",
    "symbol" : "CFA"
  },
  "asn" : {
    "organization" : "Fiber Grid INC",
    "country" : "SC",
    "type" : "BUSINESS",
    "domain" : "",
    "rir" : "AFRINIC",
    "as_number" : "AS37518",
    "date_allocated" : ""
  },
  "company" : {
    "name" : "Fiber Grid INC",
    "type" : "ISP",
    "domain" : "fibergrid.co.za"
  },
  "security" : {
    "threat_score" : 0,
    "is_tor" : false,
    "is_proxy" : false,
    "proxy_provider_names" : [ ],
    "proxy_confidence_score" : 0,
    "proxy_last_seen" : "",
    "is_residential_proxy" : false,
    "is_vpn" : false,
    "vpn_provider_names" : [ ],
    "vpn_confidence_score" : 0,
    "vpn_last_seen" : "",
    "is_relay" : false,
    "relay_provider_name" : "",
    "is_anonymous" : false,
    "is_known_attacker" : false,
    "is_spam" : false,
    "is_bot" : false,
    "is_cloud_provider" : false,
    "cloud_provider_name" : ""
  },
  "abuse" : {
    "route" : "196.56.0.0/18",
    "country" : "ZA",
    "name" : "FiberGrid Noc4",
    "organization" : "",
    "kind" : "group",
    "address" : "N°5 Sturdee Avenue, Suite 301, 2196, Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa",
    "emails" : [ "info@fibergrid.net" ],
    "phone_numbers" : [ ]
  },
  "time_zone" : {
    "name" : "Africa/Porto-Novo",
    "offset" : 1.0,
    "offset_with_dst" : 1.0,
    "current_time" : "2026-07-17 22:50:19.804+0100",
    "current_time_unix" : 1.784325019804E9,
    "current_tz_abbreviation" : "WAT",
    "current_tz_full_name" : "West Africa Standard Time",
    "standard_tz_abbreviation" : "WAT",
    "standard_tz_full_name" : "West Africa Standard Time",
    "is_dst" : false,
    "dst_savings" : 0,
    "dst_exists" : false,
    "dst_tz_abbreviation" : "",
    "dst_tz_full_name" : "",
    "dst_start" : { },
    "dst_end" : { }
  },
  "user_agent" : {
    "user_agent_string" : "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)",
    "name" : "ClaudeBot",
    "type" : "Robot",
    "version" : "1.0",
    "version_major" : "1",
    "device" : {
      "name" : "Anthropic ClaudeBot",
      "type" : "Robot",
      "brand" : "Anthropic",
      "cpu" : "Unknown"
    },
    "engine" : {
      "name" : "ClaudeBot",
      "type" : "Robot",
      "version" : "1.0",
      "version_major" : "1"
    },
    "operating_system" : {
      "name" : "Cloud",
      "type" : "Cloud",
      "version" : "??",
      "build" : "??",
      "version_major" : "??"
    }
  }
}

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Frequently Asked Questions

The latest lookup maps 196.56.50.156 to Porto-novo, Ouémé Department, Benin. Geolocation is approximate and should be treated as city/region level guidance.
This page currently shows ASN AS37518 and company Fiber Grid INC. ASN and company attribution can change as routing and ownership records are updated.
The reported connection type for 196.56.50.156 is not published. This value helps with traffic analytics, abuse prevention, and policy routing decisions.
The current timezone record for 196.56.50.156 is Africa/Porto-Novo. Teams commonly use this signal to localize timestamps, notifications, and fraud models.
IP intelligence is dynamic. Routing, ASN ownership, company names, and security posture can change over time, so this page should be treated as a point-in-time lookup for 196.56.50.156.
Use the JSON response on this page for testing, then move to production API workflows with structured fields for geolocation, network, ASN, security, abuse, and timezone data. Read documentation.