AS996
AS996 announces 6 IPv4 and 4 IPv6 prefixes and peers with 2 other networks.
Summary
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- Combined observation across route-views2 and route-views6 at 2026-10-25T20:00:00.000Z; AS_PATH neighbours do not establish commercial relationships.
About this ASN.
AS996’s operator and registered name are Unknown from the supplied evidence; a routing snapshot observed six IPv4 prefixes and four IPv6 prefixes. This identifies what was visible in the combined Route Views observation, not who operates the network or whether its announcements are safe.
At 2026-10-25 20:00 UTC, the combined route-views2 and route-views6 observation recorded an IPv4 address estimate of 5,888 and two AS_PATH neighbours: AS214937 and AS397423. These neighbours are path adjacencies only; the evidence does not establish upstream, customer, or verified peering relationships.
IANA places ASN 996 in resource block 1–1876, described as assigned by ARIN. This identifies the allocating RIR for the block, not an individual assignment record, operator, country, or deployment location.
For identification, compare the ASN and both address families against a fresh routing view and inspect the relevant AS_PATHs. Treat any difference as a time- and collector-specific observation. The supplied snapshot does not establish current routing beyond its timestamp, traffic prevalence, organizational history, security status, or legitimacy.
- Identity
- Operator and registered name are Unknown from supplied evidence.
- Routing snapshot
- Six IPv4 prefixes and four IPv6 prefixes were observed in the combined Route Views data at 2026-10-25 20:00 UTC.
- Triage
- Two AS_PATH neighbours were observed; they do not establish commercial relationships or safety.
- Operator and registered name
- Unknown [Unknown] — https://www.iana.org/assignments/as-numbers/as-numbers-1.csv
- Country
- Unknown [Unknown] — https://www.iana.org/assignments/as-numbers/as-numbers-1.csv
- Observation scope
- combined RouteViews snapshot at 2026-10-25T20:00:00.000Z; route-views2, route-views6 [Confirmed] — https://archive.routeviews.org/route-views2/bgpdata/2026.10/RIBS/rib.20261025.2000.bz2
- ASN
- 996 [Confirmed] — https://www.iana.org/assignments/as-numbers/as-numbers-1.csv
- Allocating RIR
- ARIN [Confirmed] — https://www.iana.org/assignments/as-numbers/as-numbers-1.csv
- IPv4 prefixes
- 6 in the combined observation [Confirmed] — https://archive.routeviews.org/route-views2/bgpdata/2026.10/RIBS/rib.20261025.2000.bz2
- IPv4 address estimate
- 5888 in the combined observation [Confirmed] — https://archive.routeviews.org/route-views2/bgpdata/2026.10/RIBS/rib.20261025.2000.bz2
- IPv6 prefixes
- 4 in the combined observation [Confirmed] — https://archive.routeviews.org/route-views6/bgpdata/2026.10/RIBS/rib.20261025.2000.bz2
- AS_PATH neighbours
- AS214937, AS397423 [Confirmed] — https://archive.routeviews.org/route-views2/bgpdata/2026.10/RIBS/rib.20261025.2000.bz2
What this network routes.
- 217.77.16.0/21
- 66.207.176.0/22
- 66.207.184.0/22
- 82.24.0.0/22
- 167.148.130.0/23
- 167.253.61.0/24
- 2a0a:ba03::/32
- 2a0b:d503::/32
- 2a0b:d504::/32
- 2a0b:d505::/32
Who it talks to.
Neighbours observed by RouteViews at 2026-11-06, lowest ASN first. Relationships are inferences from the CAIDA AS Relationships Dataset, 2026-08-01, and establish no commercial arrangement; a dash means the inference did not resolve.
| ASN | Operator | Role |
|---|---|---|
| AS214937 | — | — |
| AS397423 | — | — |