AS13702 — INGRAM-BOOK-GROUP

AS13702 announces 2 IPv4 prefixes covering 1,280 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

A book distributor's network: two blocks, one netname, and nothing published inside either.

What it's used for

• A book wholesaler and distributor's network. 1,280 addresses across two IPv4 prefixes, two observed BGP neighbours, and no IPv6 announced.

Notable

• Both 198.183.164.0/22 and 198.252.232.0/24 are netname INGRAMBOOK, registered to the company.
• Holder, registrant and netname all name the same organisation, with no former brand anywhere.
• The two blocks sit in different ranges, so they were acquired separately and named identically.
• Six addresses were queried for reverse DNS and none returned a name.

Interesting

• Book distribution runs on catalogue lookups and order feeds that bookshops and libraries hit constantly, so the network exists to keep an ordering system answering rather than to serve the public. Two upstreams and no public hostnames fit that exactly.
• A netname with no separator, no counter and no former company in it is unusual enough in this range to be worth noting. It says the space was registered once, by someone who had a name and used it.
• Announcing two prefixes from different ranges under one label is how a company that has been buying addresses for decades ends up looking tidy in the registry and scattered in the routing table.

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

Announced prefixes

• 198.183.164.0/22
• 198.252.232.0/24

Upstream networks

• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS22909 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

Adjacent networks

• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS22909 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC