AS13698 — SHAWINDUSTRIES

AS13698 announces 2 IPv4 prefixes covering 1,536 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Both blocks name a security operations centre as the registry contact, which most companies of this size do not publish.

What it's used for

• A flooring manufacturer's network. 1,536 addresses across two IPv4 prefixes, three observed BGP neighbours, and no IPv6 announced.

Notable

• Both blocks are netname SHWNET-2, the same string on two prefixes of different sizes.
• Both registrants append the abbreviation for a security operations centre after a semicolon.
• The prefixes 205.223.124.0/22 and 205.223.122.0/23 abut, together covering a contiguous range.
• Six addresses were queried for reverse DNS and none returned a name.

Interesting

• Naming a security operations centre in a public registry field tells anyone reading that abuse reports reach people who watch traffic for a living. That is a deterrent and a disclosure at the same time, and it is a choice most manufacturers do not make.
• A netname ending in a counter, applied to both blocks, means the first of the series is somewhere else or gone. The number survives the block it distinguished.
• Two adjacent prefixes announced separately rather than combined is a small piece of routing waste repeated across this entire range of the table, by companies with no relationship to each other.

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

Announced prefixes

• 205.223.122.0/23
• 205.223.124.0/22

Upstream networks

• AS30165 Dalton Utilities
• AS7029 Windstream Communications LLC
• AS7018 AT&T Enterprises, LLC

Adjacent networks

• AS30165 Dalton Utilities
• AS7029 Windstream Communications LLC
• AS7018 AT&T Enterprises, LLC