What does an IP country of the Netherlands mean?
A database placed the address in the Netherlands. Amsterdam is one of the largest hosting markets in the world, so a Dutch country code is often a server or a VPN exit.
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IP addresses in Netherlands
What a geolocation country of Netherlands tends to mean, and which networks sit behind it.
The Netherlands is a RIPE NCC country and, because of Amsterdam’s exchanges, a place where IP geolocation and “where is the person” come apart. KPN AS1136 is the household network a Dutch country code might actually mean. Vodafone Ziggo shows up as AS9143 (registry name Ziggo) and AS33915 (Vodafone Libertel). Odido, formerly T-Mobile Netherlands, is AS31615. A Dutch country code on a hosting ASN is a rack, very often in or near Amsterdam, and the user of a VPN that exits there can be anywhere.
KPN and Ziggo both deployed IPv6 on consumer lines, so a missing IPv6 result is worth checking on the router rather than assuming the country has no IPv6. City accuracy inside the Netherlands is modest. “Amsterdam” on a datacenter address means the facility’s published location, which can be right for the server and irrelevant for anyone connecting out through it.
The regional registry is RIPE NCC. What is my IP address · IP location wrong?
Further reading: Cloudflare Radar.
Questions
Which ASNs are Dutch consumer ISPs?
KPN is AS1136. Vodafone Ziggo is AS9143 and AS33915. Odido is AS31615. A Dutch country code on a datacenter ASN is a different set of users.