IP address 38.17.72.116

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Overview

LocationCity, region and country where this IP is located.
Luanda, Luanda Province, AO
ASNThe autonomous system that announces this IP on the internet.
AS37645 — Finstar - Sociedade de Investimento e Participacoes S.A.
TimezoneThe IANA time zone at this IP's location.
Africa/Luanda
NetworkThe routed network block (CIDR) that contains this IP.
38.17.72.0/21
CompanyThe organization this IP is assigned to.
Cogent Communications, LLC
Abuse contactWhere to report spam, attacks or other misuse from this IP.
abuse@cogentco.com

Associated location

Luanda

Luanda Province, Angola (AO)

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City
Luanda
District / county
Luanda
State / province
Luanda Province
Country
Angola
Postal code
—
Coordinates
-8.81566, 13.23288

Angola

-8.81566, 13.23288

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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 an attacker, spam source, Tor exit, VPN, proxy, relay, bot, cloud provider or corporate gateway.

Abuse contact

Cogent Abuse

abuse@cogentco.com

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Name
Cogent Abuse
Organization
Cogent Communications
Network
38.0.0.0/8
Country
US
Kind
group
Address
2450 N street, NW, Washington, DC, 20037, United States
Emails
abuse@cogentco.com
Phone numbers
+1 877-875-4311

Autonomous system

AS37645

Finstar - Sociedade de Investimento e Participacoes S.A.

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ASN
AS37645
Country
AO
Domain
zap.co.ao
Regional registry
AFRINIC
Organization
Finstar - Sociedade de Investimento e Participacoes S.A.
Type
Internet service provider (ISP)
Allocated on
2013-10-28

Organization

Finstar - Sociedade de Investimento e Participacoes S.A.

AS37645 zap.co.ao ISP AO

Associated company

Cogent Communications, LLC

ISP · cogentco.com

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Name
Cogent Communications, LLC
Type
Internet service provider (ISP)
Domain
cogentco.com

Network route

38.17.72.0/21

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Hostname
38.17.72.116
Route
38.17.72.0/21
Connection type
—
Anycast
No
CDN
No
CDN provider
—

Time zone

Africa/Luanda

2026-11-15 03:04

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Offset from UTC
1.0
Standard time zone
West Africa Standard Time
Standard abbreviation
WAT
Daylight saving time
No
DST savings (hours)
0
Observing DST now
No
Luanda

Africa/Luanda

UTC1.0

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" : "38.17.72.116",
  "hostname" : "38.17.72.116",
  "location" : {
    "continent_code" : "AF",
    "continent_name" : "Africa",
    "country_code2" : "AO",
    "country_code3" : "AGO",
    "country_name" : "Angola",
    "country_name_official" : "Republic of Angola",
    "country_capital" : "Luanda",
    "state_prov" : "Luanda Province",
    "state_code" : "AO-LUA",
    "district" : "Luanda",
    "city" : "Luanda",
    "locality" : "Luanda",
    "accuracy_radius" : "4.419",
    "confidence" : "high",
    "dma_code" : "",
    "zipcode" : "",
    "latitude" : "-8.81566",
    "longitude" : "13.23288",
    "is_eu" : false,
    "country_flag" : "https://ipgeolocation.io/static/flags/ao_64.png",
    "geoname_id" : "10401687",
    "country_emoji" : "🇦🇴"
  },
  "country_metadata" : {
    "calling_code" : "+244",
    "tld" : ".ao",
    "languages" : [ "pt-AO" ]
  },
  "network" : {
    "connection_type" : "",
    "route" : "38.17.72.0/21",
    "is_anycast" : false,
    "is_cdn" : false,
    "cdn_provider_name" : ""
  },
  "currency" : {
    "code" : "AOA",
    "name" : "Angolan Kwanza",
    "symbol" : "Kz"
  },
  "asn" : {
    "as_number" : "AS37645",
    "organization" : "Finstar - Sociedade de Investimento e Participacoes S.A.",
    "country" : "AO",
    "type" : "ISP",
    "domain" : "zap.co.ao",
    "date_allocated" : "2013-10-28",
    "rir" : "AFRINIC"
  },
  "company" : {
    "name" : "Cogent Communications, LLC",
    "type" : "ISP",
    "domain" : "cogentco.com"
  },
  "security" : {
    "threat_score" : 0,
    "is_tor" : false,
    "is_proxy" : false,
    "proxy_provider_names" : [ ],
    "proxy_confidence_score" : 0,
    "proxy_last_seen" : "",
    "proxy_days_seen_30d" : 0,
    "proxy_days_seen_7d" : 0,
    "proxy_provider_count_30d" : 0,
    "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" : "38.0.0.0/8",
    "country" : "US",
    "name" : "Cogent Abuse",
    "organization" : "Cogent Communications",
    "kind" : "group",
    "address" : "2450 N street, NW, Washington, DC, 20037, United States",
    "emails" : [ "abuse@cogentco.com" ],
    "phone_numbers" : [ "+18778754311" ]
  },
  "time_zone" : {
    "name" : "Africa/Luanda",
    "offset" : 1,
    "offset_with_dst" : 1,
    "current_time" : "2026-11-15 03:04:54.914+0100",
    "current_time_unix" : 1.794708294914E9,
    "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" : "??",
      "version_major" : "??",
      "build" : "??"
    }
  }
}

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Behind the address

What the data tells you about 38.17.72.116.

Who operates 38.17.72.116?

Finstar - Sociedade de Investimento e Participacoes S.A. operates AS37645, the autonomous system announcing this address. The associated company is Cogent Communications, LLC; the reported network is 38.17.72.0/21.

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Why can its location change?

IP location comes from routing, registry and measurement data. It can shift when Finstar - Sociedade de Investimento e Participacoes S.A. reassigns the block, so treat Luanda as an estimate, not a fixed point.

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How do I report abuse?

The listed abuse contact is Cogent Abuse. Include the source IP, timestamps with a timezone, and relevant logs so the contact can investigate.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The latest lookup maps 38.17.72.116 to Luanda, Luanda Province, Angola. Geolocation is approximate and should be treated as city/region level guidance.
This page currently shows ASN AS37645 and company Cogent Communications, LLC. ASN and company attribution can change as routing and ownership records are updated.
The reported connection type for 38.17.72.116 is not published. This value helps with traffic analytics, abuse prevention, and policy routing decisions.
The current timezone record for 38.17.72.116 is Africa/Luanda. 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 38.17.72.116.
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