AS14227 — -Reserved AS-

AS14227 announces 3 IPv4 prefixes covering 1,024 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

A number that sat unannounced for a quarter of a century and appeared in routing this year.

What it's used for

• A public library system's network. 768 addresses across two IPv4 prefixes, with two observed BGP neighbours and no IPv6 announced.

Notable

• The AS was first seen in routing on 2026-04-23, though numbers in this range were issued around the turn of the century.
• The AS handle is the registry's placeholder text for a number with no organisation recorded against it.
• Both 216.194.176.0/23 and 216.194.190.0/24 carry the netname BPLS-NOC.
• Six addresses were queried for reverse DNS and none returned a name.

Interesting

• Almost every AS in this range has been announcing continuously since the routing archives began. This one shows up decades later, which means the number was assigned, never used, and eventually put to work by an organisation that had no part in obtaining it. Numbers are transferred far more quietly than addresses.
• The placeholder handle is the registry saying it has no current record of who holds this, while the address blocks underneath name the library system plainly. The two halves of the paperwork are out of step, and the newer half is the one with a name on it.
• A public library running its own AS number is more ambitious than most. Libraries are among the few civic institutions that offer public internet access as a service, which gives them a reason to control their own routing.
• Ending a netname in the abbreviation for a network operations centre is confident labelling for an organisation of this size.

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

Announced prefixes

• 216.194.176.0/23
• 216.194.189.0/24
• 216.194.190.0/24

Upstream networks

• AS14860 SMARTCOM TELEPHONE, LLC
• AS400521 Omni Fiber

Adjacent networks

• AS14860 SMARTCOM TELEPHONE, LLC
• AS400521 Omni Fiber