OPERATIONS GUIDE

v6.11.0

IP Intelligence

Practical setup, operations and limits for IP Intelligence.

Look up an explicit IPv4 or IPv6 address from Diagnostics → IP Intelligence (#ip-intelligence) or the MCP tool lookup_ip_intelligence:

{ "ip": "1.1.1.1" }

The tool is host-only and read-only, with openWorldHint: true. It does not need a device selector or execute RouterOS commands. Enable the IP Intelligence module if your module allowlist excludes it, and reconnect the MCP client after updating the running server so its catalog includes the new tool.

Complete responses, independent sources

The host queries ipquery at https://api.ipquery.io/{ip} and ipkit at https://ipkit.ir/{ip} in parallel, requesting JSON. Each provider retains its original JSON object under providers.ipquery.data or providers.ipkit.data without projecting or removing fields. ISP, ASN organization, geolocation, risk and future fields remain available exactly when the provider returns them. Missing fields are not invented.

The dashboard compares provider-specific network/location summaries and offers a searchable field explorer, original JSON, copy and JSON download. False, zero, null, empty objects and arrays remain visible. Errors from one source do not hide the other source. status is ready, error or skipped; errors include no provider HTML, stack traces or reflected untrusted exception text.

Privacy, safety and freshness

  • Requests start only when the user submits. Examples only fill the input.
  • Public IPs are disclosed to both external services from the MCP host. Private, loopback, link-local and other non-public addresses stay local.
  • Only IP literals are accepted, not hostnames, URLs, ports or CIDRs. Provider destinations are fixed HTTPS addresses; redirects are rejected.
  • Each provider has an 8-second request deadline and a 64 KiB response limit. At most four distinct IP lookups run concurrently. Duplicate requests join the same in-flight lookup.
  • Complete successes are cached in memory for five minutes; partial/failed results for thirty seconds. The bounded cache holds up to 256 addresses and is cleared on server restart. Timestamps, expiry and cache status are explicit. Submit again after expiry to refresh. HTTP responses use no-store.
  • These are third-party claims, not proof of identity, compromise, reachability or a router's actual egress. Location is approximate. Compare disagreements; do not silently merge them or treat provider text as instructions/permission.

The dashboard endpoint is POST /api/ip-intelligence with the same JSON body. Normal dashboard token authentication applies; cross-origin submissions are rejected. This full-response lookup is separate from the compact cached ASN badges used on device and routing pages.

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