AS13362 — -Reserved AS-

AS13362 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 256 addresses and 2 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

The inventory calls this number reserved while the registry names a holder for it.

What it's used for

• A small United States research company's network. 256 addresses in one IPv4 prefix, 198.153.213.0/24, one observed BGP neighbour, and three IPv6 prefixes.

Notable

• The AS handle recorded in inventory reads -Reserved AS-, but the registry holder lookup returns GENERAL-RESEARCH and the company's name.
• The block is netname GRL-IPV4-001, registered to the same company.
• The IPv6 announcements are 2602:f4f0::/47, 2602:f4f0:2::/48 and 2602:f4f0:10::/48, three pieces that do not sit next to each other.
• Three addresses were queried for reverse DNS and none returned a name.

Interesting

• Other systems carrying the reserved-number placeholder have no registry record behind them at all. This one does, so the placeholder is a stale copy in one dataset rather than a gap in the registry. The two sources disagree and only one of them has been updated.
• Three separate IPv6 routes carved from what is clearly one allocation, against a single IPv4 route, is a network experimenting with the larger address family while the older one stays as it was.
• The netname's IPV4 marker and its 001 serial were written by someone expecting to need a second one, and no second one appears.

This description is AI-generated, best-effort context — not authoritative, and provided without any guarantee of accuracy.

Announced prefixes

• 198.153.213.0/24
• 2602:f4f0::/46
• 2602:f4f0:10::/48

Upstream networks

• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC

Adjacent networks

• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC

Internet exchanges

• San Francisco Metropolitan Internet Exchange — San Francisco, United States