Andrew, 197/8 is not being allocated. Kim
Question: is 197/8 being allocated?
I see these:
MAE-East Looking Glass Results
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Query: bgp Addr: 197.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 l
BGP table version is 13188566, local router ID is 165.117.1.121 Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
Network Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path * i197.67.126.0 198.32.136.129 4294967294 100 0 1239 i * i197.71.190.0 137.39.129.153 4294967294 100 0 701 816 i * i197.98.2.0 198.32.136.129 4294967294 100 0 1239 i
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But I also see this:
asp@home-9189: whois -h whois.arin.net 197.0.0.0 IANA (NETBLK-RESERVED-13) Information Sciences Institute University of Southern California 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1001 Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695
Netname: RESERVED-13 Netblock: 197.0.0.0 - 197.255.255.255
Thanks, --asp@partan.com (Andrew Partan)