Updates: This guide may no longer work as whatsapp have moved there ip pool to facebook pool. as stated here.
(You may still be able to block the whatsapp by using script to catch only whatsapp related ip’s which may take some time to catch all the related ip’s but maybe some other contents will be blocked as well. you need to do deep inspection in this regard. I am not removing this post just for reference purposes)
Dear partners,
Please note that we have migrated the latest IP pools of WhatsApp to Facebook Mobile Partner Portal. Feel free to browse to the Settings page of the portal and download the latest WhatsApp IP pool: https://fb.me/mpp_support
Further IP pool updates are also done through the portal and are no longer distributed via email or through WhatsApp web site.
If you have not yet registered on the Mobile Partner Portal or have difficulties accessing it – please request access through the following form and we’ll be happy to assist: https://fb.me/mpp_access
For any technical requests please contact us through the Support section of the portal: https://fb.me/mpp_support
WhatsApp team
In order to block WhatsAPP application in Mikrotik I used WhatsAPP provided address list [167 IPV4 addresses as of June,2017] in order to block the app. [there are already many guides on internet, but I used old school method to block this app & got success!]. Please beware that if user uses vpn, then this restriction will not be effective.
I am sharing two methods to achieve the same target. There is also another method in which you forcefully divert users dns traffic to your mikrotik dns and use script to fetch ip addresses associated with any URL having whatsapp in it, but I am not discussing it here at a moment.
You can also automate this task by fetching the list from whatsapp directly and import it in address list , so that you can always have updated whatsapp servers list. Although the list doesn’t update very frequently but still its good idea to automate it with scheduler.
Method #1 – Download list & import to address list along with firewall block rule
1- Download whatsapp IP (CIDR) list from
Save it as cidr.txt
Note: If you dont have ipv6 , then open this file and remove all the IPV6 addressess or else you will see below error while importing
2- Upload this cidr.txt file to Mikrotik FILES section.
[if you use fetch method to download file directly to mikrotik, then you dont need to upload file manualy, but I used this method because most local networks are running on ipv4, so I had to remove ipv6 entries first in order to import list)
3- Import the file contents (which includes ip addresses) using following script. you can simply copy paste it. make sure file name is correct in it.
{
:local content [/file get [/file find name=cidr.txt] contents]
:local contentLen [:len $content]
:local lineEnd 0
:local line ""
:local lastEnd 0
:while ($lineEnd < $contentLen) do={
:set lineEnd [:find $content "\r\n" $lastEnd]
:if ([:len $lineEnd] = 0) do={
:set lineEnd $contentLen
}
:set line [:pick $content $lastEnd $lineEnd]
:set lastEnd ($lineEnd + 2)
/ip firewall address-list add list="whatsapp_list" address=$line
}
}
If successfull , you will see address list as below [currently 167 entries] …
4- Create Firewall Filter rule to block requests going to whatsapp_list
/ip firewall filter add action=drop chain=forward comment="Block Whatsapp address list - zaib" disabled=yes dst-address-list=whatsapp_list
Result!
Done!
Method #2 – Copy Paste Method with ipV4 package only.
Open Terminal & copy paste following code. It will add address list name ‘whatsapp_list’ along with firewall rule to block requests going to this list.
/ip firewall address-list add address=31.13.64.51 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.65.49 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.66.49 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.68.52 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.69.240 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.70.49 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.71.49 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.72.52 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.73.49 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.74.49 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.75.52 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.76.81 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.77.49 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.78.53 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.80.53 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.81.53 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.82.51 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.83.51 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.84.51 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.85.51 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.86.51 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.87.51 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.88.49 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.90.51 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.91.51 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.92.52 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.93.51 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.94.52 list=whatsapp_list add address=31.13.95.63 list=whatsapp_list add address=50.22.198.204/30 list=whatsapp_list add address=50.22.210.32/30 list=whatsapp_list add address=50.22.210.128/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=50.22.225.64/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=50.22.235.248/30 list=whatsapp_list add address=50.22.240.160/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=50.23.90.128/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=50.97.57.128/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=75.126.39.32/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=108.168.174.0/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=108.168.176.192/26 list=whatsapp_list add address=108.168.177.0/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=108.168.180.96/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=108.168.254.65 list=whatsapp_list add address=108.168.255.224 list=whatsapp_list add address=108.168.255.227 list=whatsapp_list add address=157.240.0.53 list=whatsapp_list add address=157.240.1.53 list=whatsapp_list add address=157.240.2.53 list=whatsapp_list add address=157.240.3.53 list=whatsapp_list add address=157.240.6.53 list=whatsapp_list add address=157.240.7.54 list=whatsapp_list add address=157.240.8.53 list=whatsapp_list add address=157.240.9.53 list=whatsapp_list add address=157.240.10.53 list=whatsapp_list add address=157.240.11.53 list=whatsapp_list add address=157.240.12.53 list=whatsapp_list add address=157.240.13.54 list=whatsapp_list add address=158.85.0.96/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=158.85.5.192/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=158.85.46.128/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=158.85.48.224/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=158.85.58.0/25 list=whatsapp_list add address=158.85.61.192/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=158.85.224.160/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=158.85.233.32/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=158.85.249.128/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=158.85.254.64/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.44.23.192/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.44.36.0/25 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.44.57.64/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.44.58.64/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.44.80.0/26 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.44.82.96/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.44.82.128/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.44.82.192/26 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.44.83.0/26 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.44.83.96/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.44.83.128/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.44.83.192/26 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.44.84.0/24 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.44.85.64/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.44.87.160/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.44.167.0/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.45.71.32/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.45.71.96/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.45.87.128/26 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.45.169.192/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.45.182.96/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.45.210.64/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.45.214.224/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.45.219.224/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.45.237.192/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.45.238.32/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.45.248.96/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.45.248.160/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.46.52.224/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.46.111.144/28 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.47.5.192/26 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.47.6.64/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.47.33.128/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.47.35.32/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.47.37.128/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.47.40.128/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.47.42.96/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.47.42.160/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.47.42.192/26 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.47.47.160/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.47.130.96/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.47.192.192/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.47.194.128/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.47.198.128/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.47.212.160/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.53.29.128/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.53.48.32/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.53.71.224/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.53.81.64/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.53.250.128/26 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.53.252.64/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.53.255.64/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.54.2.160/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.54.44.224/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.54.51.32/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.54.55.192/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.54.193.160/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.54.210.0/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.54.222.128/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.55.67.224/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.55.69.128/26 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.55.74.32/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.55.75.96/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.55.100.160/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.55.126.64/26 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.55.210.96/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=169.55.235.160/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=173.192.162.32/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=173.192.219.128/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=173.192.222.160/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=173.192.231.32/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=173.193.205.0/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=173.193.230.96/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=173.193.230.128/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=173.193.230.192/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=173.193.239.0/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=174.36.208.128/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=174.36.210.32/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=174.36.251.192/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=174.37.199.192/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=174.37.217.64/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=174.37.243.64/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=174.37.251.0/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=179.60.192.51 list=whatsapp_list add address=179.60.195.51 list=whatsapp_list add address=184.173.136.64/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=184.173.147.32/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=184.173.161.64 list=whatsapp_list add address=184.173.173.116 list=whatsapp_list add address=184.173.179.32/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=185.60.216.53 list=whatsapp_list add address=185.60.218.53 list=whatsapp_list add address=185.60.219.53 list=whatsapp_list add address=192.155.212.192/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=198.11.193.182/31 list=whatsapp_list add address=198.11.251.32/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=198.23.80.0/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=208.43.115.192/27 list=whatsapp_list add address=208.43.117.79 list=whatsapp_list add address=208.43.122.128/27 list=whatsapp_list # Adding firewall rule to block whatsapp address list. /ip firewall filter add action=drop chain=forward comment="Block Whatsapp address list" dst-address-list=whatsapp_list
Result:
Regard’s
Syed Jahanzaib
Syed Jahanzaib - Personal Blog to Share Knowledge ! 
You can also block whatsapp by using the destination port which is the 5222
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Comment by Arsène “HacKal” Aki — June 19, 2017 @ 3:53 PM
at our end, blocking port didn’t helped & whats app continued to work, therefore we had to add ip lists in order to block.
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Comment by Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:) — June 23, 2017 @ 10:22 AM
Whatsapp Removed the link, can u upload the file in other website?
thanks in advance
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Comment by sayed Mohamed — June 22, 2017 @ 4:35 AM
Too bad, as by now the content of that link is this:
Dear partners,
Please note that we have migrated the latest IP pools of WhatsApp to Facebook Mobile Partner Portal. Feel free to browse to the Settings page of the portal and download the latest WhatsApp IP pool: https://fb.me/mpp_support
Further IP pool updates are also done through the portal and are no longer distributed via email or through WhatsApp web site.
If you have not yet registered on the Mobile Partner Portal or have difficulties accessing it – please request access through the following form and we’ll be happy to assist: https://fb.me/mpp_access
For any technical requests please contact us through the Support section of the portal: https://fb.me/mpp_support
WhatsApp team
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Comment by jpluimers — June 29, 2017 @ 11:11 PM
Thanks for the follow up man.
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Comment by Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:) — June 30, 2017 @ 9:02 AM
thank you follow up.
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Comment by Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:) — June 30, 2017 @ 4:29 PM
thank for your information 🙂
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Comment by desy — November 26, 2017 @ 8:03 PM
how to allow whatsapp only in mikrotik.
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Comment by Nabeel — December 6, 2017 @ 4:10 PM
can we limit whatsapp traffic with mikrotik ?
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Comment by fawad qureshi — March 14, 2018 @ 4:14 PM
bahi jan UAE main whatsapp or imo band hai usa mikrotik main kon c setting kr ka with out vpn sab user ka liya open kiya ja sakta hai plz bata dain
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Comment by Kaleem Ullah — March 22, 2020 @ 5:27 PM
can you tell me whatsupp walled garden mikrotik sir .thx
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