AS14354 — WACHTER-AS1

AS14354 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 512 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

A contractor that builds other people's networks, running a small and unremarkable one of its own.

What it's used for

• A technology infrastructure contractor's network. 512 addresses in a single IPv4 prefix, with two observed BGP neighbours and no IPv6 announced.

Notable

• The whole footprint is 136.242.82.0/23, carrying the netname WTS-104.
• The AS handle spells the company initials and adds a sequence number.
• First seen in routing on 2010-05-18, later than most numbers in this range.
• Three addresses were queried for reverse DNS and none returned a name.

Interesting

• The netname is initials and a three-digit code, which is an internal filing convention rather than a description. It sorts near the company's other records and tells an outsider nothing.
• Companies that install networks for retailers, warehouses and offices operate mostly on their customers' address space rather than their own, so the footprint here covers the head office and the systems that dispatch field crews.
• A first-seen date a decade after most of its neighbours means this number was issued long after the block of numbers around it, and reached routing when the practice of getting one had become routine.
• Two upstreams and nothing published in reverse DNS is a sensible, unshowy arrangement for a business whose network is a cost rather than a product.

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

Announced prefixes

• 136.242.82.0/23

Upstream networks

• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS25645 Momentum Telecom, Inc.

Adjacent networks

• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS25645 Momentum Telecom, Inc.

Routing security

• RPKI: 0 valid, 0 invalid and 2 not-found announcements; 0 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 100% of announcements registered; 3 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-6922, AS-LEARN-HOUSTON-INTERNET, AS-LEARN-INST, AS-RR-BIZ, AS-TXBB-COMMODITY, AS14354:AS-IT, AS16905:AS-CONE, AS22645:AS-CONE.