Is 185.183.157.214 a VPN?

185.183.157.214 is not a confirmed VPN, but it is a hosting / datacenter IP — almost certainly not a real residential consumer device. Common origins are scrapers, automated browsers, or self-hosted VPNs running on a VPS.

Who owns 185.183.157.214?

185.183.157.214 is announced by AS197540 (netcup GmbH), located in Germany. The holder of the announced BGP prefix 185.183.156.0/22 is netcup-AS netcup GmbH. You can look up other IPs on the same network via the IPLogs ASN directory.

Should I block 185.183.157.214?

Yes for write traffic, no for read. Datacenter IPs are almost never real human users — block POSTs, throttle reads, but avoid hard 403s if you serve global traffic.

Is 185.183.157.214 safe?

Cautious. This IP isn't on any threat-intel feed today, but it isn't a regular consumer connection either. Don't grant it residential-tier trust.

Why is my IP flagged as suspicious?

If you visited iplogs.com from your own connection and were flagged suspicious, the cause is one of: a VPN client on your device or network, a corporate proxy, a CGNAT pool that overlaps with VPN exits, an ISP-level DNS resolver routing through Cloudflare/Apple infrastructure, or your IP being on a published commercial-VPN relay list. The "Why this IP is flagged" section above lists every source that matched — that's the dispute trail.

How do I check 185.183.157.214 via API?

Hit our public API: `POST https://iplogs.com/v1/check` with body `{"ip":"185.183.157.214"}`. You get back a JSON verdict, score 0–1, every matched signal, ASN/geo info, and the full provenance list. Free, no signup, no API key. See /docs for client examples in curl, Python, Node.js and Go.

185.183.157.214 — datacenter / hosting IP, not residential.

IPv4 lookup

185.183.157.214

GermanyFrankfurt am MainAS197540netcup GmbH

Suspicious

Weak hosting-network indicators — 3 signals matched across 3 intelligence sources. moderate confidence in this reading.

Threat Score

Network identity

ASN

AS197540

Organization

netcup GmbH

Network type

Unknown

Location

Germany

Frankfurt am Main

Coordinates

50.111, 8.682

Country code

BGP / prefix

Announced prefix

185.183.156.0/22

Holder

netcup-AS netcup GmbH

This IP in /221.0K addrs

Report abuse

Abuse contact

abuse@netcup.de

Send abuse report

Detection signals · 7-layer pipeline

0.45

Weighted score · vpn-likely line 0.50

Summary

3 of 7 layers contributed evidence

3 signals matched · 0 strong sources · verdict score 0.45

ASN classification+0.20

BGP routing topology+0.15

IP intelligence+0.10

§ 01

+0.20moderate

ASN classification

Team Cymru allocation data + PeeringDB self-declared network type.

PeeringDB: content/cloudmoderate+0.20

PeeringDB classifies ASN AS197540 as "Content" — content/cloud-hosting profile

+0.20

moderate

§ 02

+0.15moderate

BGP routing topology

RIPE NCC routing-information service. Single-homed ASes and unannounced prefixes.

Single-homed ASmoderate+0.15

ASN AS197540 is single-homed (1 upstream, 1 total neighbours) — lone-wolf BGP footprint common to proxy-operator ASes

+0.15

moderate

§ 03

+0.10info

IP intelligence

Matches against the Tor exit list, public proxy feeds, curated VPN-provider ranges, and datacenter ASN registries.

Datacenter IPinfo+0.10

Datacenter / hosting ASN AS197540 (netcup GmbH)

+0.10

info

Σ Total weighted score

0.45 / 1.00

Should I block this IP?

Practical guidance by use case — fraud, ad-ops, streaming, and general websites.

Datacenter / hosting IP — not a real residential user

This IP belongs to a hosting provider (AWS, GCP, Vultr, OVH, DigitalOcean, etc.). It's not a confirmed VPN, but it's also not a real consumer device. Common origins: scrapers, server-side fetches, automated browsers, self-hosted VPNs (Algo / WireGuard / OpenVPN on a VPS).

Fraud / risk teams: Treat as bot-tier traffic by default. Real customers rarely connect from datacenter IPs — when they do, it's almost always a self-hosted VPN. Step-up auth is the right call.
Ad ops / programmatic: Filter from billable inventory. Datacenter IPs serving display ads are essentially never real users.
Streaming / geo-licensing: Block. Whether it's an AWS exit serving as a personal VPN or a scraper, neither is your audience.

About IP address 185.183.157.214

185.183.157.214 is an IPv4 address routed via AS197540 (netcup GmbH) and geo-located to Germany. The verdict above combines six free, no-auth intelligence sources: local db-ip ASN data, the Tor Project exit list, public proxy feeds (TheSpeedX / Proxifly / FireHOL), Team Cymru + PeeringDB for ASN classification, RIPE NCC for BGP topology and abuse contacts, and Shodan InternetDB for ~30-day port observation.

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