Insights, guides, and news about the IPv4 market, RIR policies, and IP address management
A comprehensive guide to the three types of IPv4 address status in the RIPE region: Legacy, Allocated PI, and Allocated PA. Learn about transfer restrictions, RIPE membership requirements, costs, RPKI support, and which type is right for your needs.
Complete step-by-step guide to listing your IPv4 address block for lease on IPv4.center. From account setup to going live with your first listing.
Learn how to create an RPKI management API key from LIR Portal (lirportal.ripe.net) to enable automatic ROA (Route Origin Authorization) management for your IPv4 leases.
Step-by-step guide to adding ipv4center-mnt as a maintainer to your RIPE DB inetnum object for automated IP lease management through IPv4.center.
Complete step-by-step guide to adding geofeed geolocation data to your AFRINIC inetnum objects. Fix IP geolocation for African IP blocks.
A comprehensive analysis of current IPv4 address pricing trends and what to expect for the remainder of 2026.
Complete step-by-step guide to adding geofeed geolocation data to your LACNIC inetnum objects. Fix IP geolocation for Latin American and Caribbean IP blocks.
A step-by-step guide to creating Route objects and RPKI ROAs in the RIPE Database so you can start using your newly transferred IPv4 addresses.
Complete step-by-step guide to adding geofeed geolocation data to your APNIC inetnum/inet6num objects. Fix IP geolocation for Asia Pacific IP blocks.