IP address 196.6.198.94

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Overview

LocationCity, region and country where this IP is located.
Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA
ASNThe autonomous system that announces this IP on the internet.
AS2018 — Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa
TimezoneThe IANA time zone at this IP's location.
Africa/Johannesburg
NetworkThe routed network block (CIDR) that contains this IP.
196.6.198.0/24
CompanyThe organization this IP is assigned to.
National Library of S.A
Abuse contactWhere to report spam, attacks or other misuse from this IP.
enver.hassim@nlsa.ac.za

Associated location

Cape Town

Western Cape, South Africa (ZA)

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City
Cape Town
District / county
City of Cape Town
State / province
Western Cape
Country
South Africa
Postal code
8001
Coordinates
-33.92533, 18.41876

South Africa

-33.92533, 18.41876

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Threat score

0/100 Low risk

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Flags detected

  • AnonymousTraffic from this IP hides its real origin (VPN, proxy or Tor).Not Detected
  • Known AttackerThis IP has been seen in attacks such as brute force, scanning or exploits.Not Detected
  • SpamThis IP has been reported for sending spam.Not Detected
  • TorThis IP is a Tor exit node.Not Detected
  • ProxyThis IP is an open, public or commercial proxy.Not Detected
    Residential ProxyA home or mobile connection resold as a proxy exit.Not Detected
  • BotAutomated traffic such as crawlers or scrapers comes from this IP.Not Detected
    Known Good BotThis bot is a known, legitimate crawler, such as a search engine.Not Detected
  • VPNThis IP belongs to a VPN service.Not Detected
  • Cloud ProviderThis IP belongs to a cloud or hosting provider's data center.Not Detected
  • Corporate GatewayA shared egress gateway used by a company's network.Not Detected
  • RelayThis IP is a relay exit, such as iCloud Private Relay.Not Detected

No anonymity signals

This IP is not flagged as a VPN, proxy, relay, bot, cloud provider or corporate gateway.

Abuse contact

National Library of S.A

enver.hassim@nlsa.ac.za

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Name
National Library of S.A
Organization
—
Network
196.6.198.0/24
Country
ZA
Kind
org
Address
Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town, South Africa 8001
Emails
enver.hassim@nlsa.ac.za
Phone numbers
+27 21 424 6320

Autonomous system

AS2018

Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa

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ASN
AS2018
Country
ZA
Domain
tenet.ac.za
Regional registry
AFRINIC
Organization
Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa
Type
Education
Allocated on
2001-03-07

Organization

Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa

AS2018 tenet.ac.za Education ZA

Associated company

National Library of S.A

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Name
National Library of S.A
Type
—
Domain
—

Network route

196.6.198.0/24

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Hostname
196.6.198.94
Route
196.6.198.0/24
Connection type
—
Anycast
No
CDN
No
CDN provider
—

Time zone

Africa/Johannesburg

2026-10-17 00:13

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Offset from UTC
2.0
Standard time zone
South Africa Standard Time
Standard abbreviation
SAST
Daylight saving time
No
DST savings (hours)
0
Observing DST now
No
Cape Town

Africa/Johannesburg

UTC2.0

User agent string

Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)

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  • BrowserClaudeBotver. 1.0
  • EngineClaudeBotver. 1.0
  • Operating systemCloud
  • DeviceRobotAnthropic ClaudeBot
  • ArchitectureUnknown
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)
Response 
{
  "ip" : "196.6.198.94",
  "hostname" : "196.6.198.94",
  "location" : {
    "district" : "City of Cape Town",
    "city" : "Cape Town",
    "locality" : "Cape Town",
    "zipcode" : "8001",
    "latitude" : "-33.92533",
    "longitude" : "18.41876",
    "continent_code" : "AF",
    "continent_name" : "Africa",
    "country_code2" : "ZA",
    "country_code3" : "ZAF",
    "country_name" : "South Africa",
    "country_name_official" : "Republic of South Africa",
    "country_capital" : "Pretoria",
    "state_prov" : "Western Cape",
    "state_code" : "ZA-WC",
    "accuracy_radius" : "15.453",
    "confidence" : "high",
    "dma_code" : "",
    "is_eu" : false,
    "country_flag" : "https://ipgeolocation.io/static/flags/za_64.png",
    "geoname_id" : "9968844",
    "country_emoji" : "🇿🇦"
  },
  "country_metadata" : {
    "tld" : ".za",
    "languages" : [ "zu", "xh", "af", "nso", "en-ZA", "tn", "st", "ts", "ss", "ve", "nr" ],
    "calling_code" : "+27"
  },
  "network" : {
    "route" : "196.6.198.0/24",
    "connection_type" : "",
    "is_anycast" : false,
    "is_cdn" : false,
    "cdn_provider_name" : ""
  },
  "currency" : {
    "code" : "ZAR",
    "name" : "Rand",
    "symbol" : "R"
  },
  "asn" : {
    "organization" : "Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa",
    "country" : "ZA",
    "type" : "EDUCATION",
    "domain" : "tenet.ac.za",
    "rir" : "AFRINIC",
    "as_number" : "AS2018",
    "date_allocated" : "2001-03-07"
  },
  "company" : {
    "name" : "National Library of S.A",
    "type" : "",
    "domain" : ""
  },
  "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_bot" : false,
    "bot_confidence_score" : 0,
    "bot_operator_name" : "",
    "bot_type" : "",
    "is_known_good_bot" : false,
    "bot_last_seen" : "",
    "is_spam" : false,
    "is_cloud_provider" : false,
    "cloud_provider_name" : "",
    "is_corporate_gateway" : false,
    "corporate_gateway_type" : "",
    "corporate_gateway_provider_name" : ""
  },
  "abuse" : {
    "route" : "196.6.198.0/24",
    "country" : "ZA",
    "name" : "National Library of S.A",
    "organization" : "",
    "kind" : "org",
    "address" : "Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town, South Africa 8001",
    "emails" : [ "enver.hassim@nlsa.ac.za" ],
    "phone_numbers" : [ "+27214246320" ]
  },
  "time_zone" : {
    "name" : "Africa/Johannesburg",
    "offset" : 2.0,
    "offset_with_dst" : 2.0,
    "current_time" : "2026-10-17 00:13:14.939+0200",
    "current_time_unix" : 1.792188794939E9,
    "current_tz_abbreviation" : "SAST",
    "current_tz_full_name" : "South Africa Standard Time",
    "standard_tz_abbreviation" : "SAST",
    "standard_tz_full_name" : "South 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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Behind the address

What the data tells you about 196.6.198.94.

Who operates 196.6.198.94?

Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa operates AS2018, the autonomous system announcing this address. The associated company is National Library of S.A; the reported network is 196.6.198.0/24.

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Why can its location change?

IP location comes from routing, registry and measurement data. It can shift when Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa reassigns the block, so treat Cape Town as an estimate, not a fixed point.

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How do I report abuse?

The listed abuse contact is National Library of S.A. Include the source IP, timestamps with a timezone, and relevant logs so the contact can investigate.

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Response 
{ "ip": "196.6.198.94" }

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Frequently Asked Questions

The latest lookup maps 196.6.198.94 to Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Geolocation is approximate and should be treated as city/region level guidance.
This page currently shows ASN AS2018 and company National Library of S.A. ASN and company attribution can change as routing and ownership records are updated.
The reported connection type for 196.6.198.94 is not published. This value helps with traffic analytics, abuse prevention, and policy routing decisions.
The current timezone record for 196.6.198.94 is Africa/Johannesburg. 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 196.6.198.94.
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.