Is IP address 51.171.221.220 dangerous?

51.171.221.220 presents moderate risk with a threat level of 5/10. While not critically dangerous, it has been associated with activity. Monitoring and conditional blocking is recommended.

Who owns or operates IP address 51.171.221.220?

IP address 51.171.221.220 is operated by Eir Broadband (ASN 5466) and is geolocated to IE. This information is derived from public WHOIS and geolocation databases.

Should I block IP address 51.171.221.220?

Blocking 51.171.221.220 is advisable for security-sensitive environments. With a threat level of 5/10, consider implementing conditional blocks or rate limiting.

How accurate is this threat assessment for 51.171.221.220?

Our threat assessment for 51.171.221.220 has a confidence score of 11%, based on 1 independent reports from multiple independent sources. Higher confidence scores indicate more reliable assessments.

IP Address

51.171.221.220

IPv4 Public

AS5466

Eir Broadband

1 Reports

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Ireland Location

Eir Broadband ASN 5466

1 Reports

Honeypot Data Source

Moderate Risk

IP 51.171.221.220 presents moderate risk (5/10) with 1 security reports.

Some concerning behavior detected. Confidence: 11%.

More threatening than 4% of monitored IPs

Threat Categories

Bad Web Bot 1

WP Content Scraping 1

Technical Details

Bad web bots ignore robots.txt, scrape content aggressively, and may probe for vulnerabilities.

Recommended Mitigations

Implement bot detection, rate limiting, and use services like Cloudflare Bot Management.

Reputable Network

This IP is hosted on a network (ASN 5466) with generally good reputation. The ISP Eir Broadband maintains standard security practices.

The malicious activity may represent an isolated compromised system rather than systematic abuse.

Security Recommendations

Standard monitoring recommended. Apply conditional access controls as needed.

Continue monitoring for emerging patterns.

Reputation Summary

Threat Level 5/10 Medium

Medium

Activity Frequency 0/10 Inactive

Confidence Score 9% Low Confidence

Date	Categories	Source	Confidence
21. Aug 2026	Bad Web Bot WP Content Scraping	Honeypot	75%

Basic Information

IP Address: 51.171.221.220
IP Version: IPv4
Network Type: Public
Tor Network: No
Network Class: Class A

Geolocation

Country: IE
ASN: AS5466
ISP: Eir Broadband

DNS Information

Reverse DNS: 51-171-221-220-dynamic.agg2.clm.lmk-mlw.eircom.net
PTR Record: Yes
Connection Type: Dynamic

Statistics

Total Reports: 1
First Reported: 21 Aug 2026
Last Reported: 21 Aug 2026, 21:26

Network Reputation

Analysis of the entire network (ASN) that this IP address belongs to, providing context about the hosting provider and network-wide threat patterns.

Network Identity

ASN: AS5466

Organization: Eir Broadband

Country:

Network Threat Assessment

0/10

This network appears to be relatively clean with very low threat indicators.

Network Statistics

Total IPs Monitored

335

Total Reports

83.8

Reports per IP

Network Context

This IP address belongs to Eir Broadband (AS5466), which manages 4 IP addresses in our monitoring system. Out of these, 335 have been reported for suspicious activities, resulting in a network-wide threat level of 0/10.

Network status: This network appears to be well-maintained with low threat indicators.

Comparative Analysis

How this IP compares to others in our threat intelligence database

4 %

Global Threat Ranking

This IP is more threatening than 4% of all IPs in our database.

Low Threat Percentile

Global Comparison

Compared against 813,399 reported IPs worldwide

Threat Level 5/10 avg: 6.3 -

Total Reports 1 avg: 9 --

Network Comparison

Compared against 363 IPs in ASN 5466

Threat Level 5/10 network avg: 5.1 =

Total Reports 1 network avg: 2 -

Network Eir Broadband has overall threat level 0/10

Geographic Comparison

Compared against 2,583 IPs in IE

Threat Level 5/10 country avg: 6.0 -

Total Reports 1 country avg: 3 --

Daily report activity over the last 30 days showing patterns and peaks.

Peak Day 0 reports

Daily Average 0 reports/day

Most Active Friday 1 reports

Evolution of threat level over time based on reported categories and frequency.

Initial Threat 4/10

Current Threat 4/10

Distribution of threat categories reported over time.

Top Threat Categories

Bad Web Bot 1

WP Content Scraping 1

Activity patterns showing when this IP is most active during the day and week.

Hourly Activity

Peak activity at 21:00 with 1 reports

Weekly Activity

Geographic Threat Distribution

739,451 threat incidents tracked globally • Last 24h: 45,313 Logs

FEED

Top Threat Sources

01

United States US

144,569 19.6%
02

Brazil BR

111,047 15%
03

India IN

83,297 11.3%
04

China CN

45,146 6.1%
05

SC SC

29,242 4%
06

Germany DE

17,728 2.4%
07

Netherlands NL

17,585 2.4%
08

Pakistan PK

16,923 2.3%
09

Argentina AR

16,212 2.2%
10

Colombia CO

15,149 2%

+40 more countries

THREAT LEVEL

LOW MED HIGH

IPs from the same Autonomous System (AS) network provider.

20 Related IPs

6.6/10 Avg Threat

28% Avg Confidence

9 High Threat

Elevated risk: Multiple related IPs are flagged

Moderate Risk

Threat Categories

Technical Details

Recommended Mitigations

Reputable Network

Security Recommendations

Basic Information

Geolocation

DNS Information

Statistics

Network Reputation

Network Identity

Network Threat Assessment

Network Statistics

Network Context

Global Threat Ranking

Top Threat Categories

Hourly Activity

Weekly Activity

FEED

Top Threat Sources

JSON Report

Firewall Rules

iptables / netfilter

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Windows Firewall

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Apache .htaccess

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