AS57

AS57 is a legacy allocation registered under ARIN to the University of Minnesota, and it is used in connection with the Northern Lights GigaPOP, a regional research-and-education aggregation point. The RADB routing object lists as-name "NL-GIGAPOP" with the description "Northern Lights GigaPOP" and the remark "Operated by: University of Minnesota," maintained under MAINT-AS217. Potaroo's legacy-autnums mirror records the original RFC 1166-era label as "UMN-REI-UC — University of Minnesota," confirming continuous University of Minnesota tenure from the 1980s to today. It is actively announcing 4 IPv4 prefixes and 1 IPv6 prefix and appears as a member of the regional R&E peering AS-sets (AS-NLG-PARTICIPANTS / AS-WISCNET-WRIPS). The ARIN RDAP RegDate is 1985-12-18. For triage this is a live academic and regional-R&E ASN, encountered as Minnesota higher-education and Northern Lights GigaPOP infrastructure. No notable public abuse signal was found as of June 2026.

Operator

University of Minnesota (ARIN; RADB maintainer MAINT-AS217) [Confirmed] — ARIN RDAP / RADB

Country / RIR

US, ARIN [Confirmed]

Allocated

ARIN RDAP RegDate 1985-12-18 [Confirmed] — ARIN RDAP

Org status

active — umn.edu

Security/abuse context (NEUTRAL, DATED)

no notable public abuse signal found as of 2026-06-08 — bgp.he.net

Network & routing

Network type

research / education [Confirmed]

Size

active; announces 4 IPv4 prefixes (~2816 addresses) + 1 IPv6 prefix — RIPEstat routing-status

Routing/peering

active; member of AS-NLG-PARTICIPANTS / AS-WISCNET-WRIPS peering sets; RPKI unknown — bgp.he.net

Notable usage

University of Minnesota, in connection with the Northern Lights GigaPOP (regional R&E aggregation point); RADB as-name "NL-GIGAPOP" — umn.edu

Related ASNs

AS217 (University of Minnesota / maintainer); Northern Lights GigaPOP participant ASNs [Confirmed]

Analyst note

Live academic/regional-R&E ASN; encountered as Minnesota higher-ed and Northern Lights GigaPOP infrastructure.