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WHOIS queries on an IP
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What does "allocated PA" mean in the context of a WHOIS query? Is that the same as "direct allocation" or is it something different?  Sp in ni ng  Spark  23:15, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * PA means "Provider Aggregatable", meaning that this particular range is a subset of a larger block that the provider owns. They issue the smaller blocks, but advertise a single larger (aggregated) network out to the rest of the world. Keeps routing tables small which is always nice. (The other one you see a lot in Whois is PI: "Provider Independent" which usually means the company owns that IP range rather than the provider, so it requires its own routing table entry). Arakunem Talk 00:25, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * And Allocated of course means that the IP range being queried has in fact been issued to a subscriber as opposed to being unused. Arakunem Talk 00:30, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

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