AS14453 — AS-AKN

AS14453 announces 23 IPv4 prefixes covering 26,368 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Some reverse names have in-addr.arpa sitting in the middle of them, which is a zone file that forgot a trailing dot.

What it's used for

• A hosting and connectivity network. 25,600 addresses across 34 IPv4 prefixes, with 15 observed BGP neighbours and no IPv6 announced.

Notable

• Three blocks carry NET-AKN, registered to ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS; several list a Centrilogic IP Tech contact.
• Others are registered to Centrilogic, Inc., CentriLogic and CENTRILOGICCANADA, under netnames including CENTRILOGIC-CANADA, CENTRILOGIC-CY and NET-158-247-80-0-2.
• Two more belong to different companies entirely: LCN-13 to LANETCO COMPUTER NETWORKS INC. and CAPRIS-GROUP to Capris Group.
• Five of eighteen sampled addresses returned a name, including 0.242.90.209.in-addr.arpa.akn.ca and unassigned-119.254.akn.ca.

Interesting

• A PTR target written without a trailing dot is treated as relative and has the zone's origin appended. Somebody wrote the reverse name as it would appear in the reverse tree, the server glued akn.ca onto the end, and the result has answered that way ever since.
• Another label announces the address is unassigned. The zone was generated for the whole block and the unused addresses were given names saying so, which is more honest than most.
• Four spellings of the acquiring company across the estate, with the original name still on the oldest blocks. Acquisitions show up in the registry as sediment rather than a rewrite.
• Fifteen neighbours on a network this small is a hosting business, where being reachable cheaply from many directions is the product.

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

Announced prefixes

• 64.239.124.0/23
• 66.135.96.0/19
• 158.247.81.0/24
• 158.247.82.0/24
• 158.247.84.0/22
• 172.98.206.0/23
• 173.240.0.0/22
• 173.240.8.0/23
• 173.240.12.0/24
• 192.219.249.0/24
• 199.43.205.0/24
• 204.10.241.0/24
• 204.10.242.0/23
• 204.187.68.0/24
• 206.130.152.0/23
• 206.198.184.0/21
• 208.65.168.0/22
• 208.86.140.0/22
• 208.94.160.0/21
• 209.90.240.0/20
• 209.251.50.0/24
• 209.251.56.0/22
• 209.251.63.0/24

Upstream networks

• AS577 Bell Canada
• AS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS852 TELUS Communications Inc.
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS22652 Videotron Ltee
• AS394256 Tech Futures Interactive Inc.
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS29909 Metro Optic

Downstream networks

• AS399218 R B & W CORPORATION OF CANADA

Adjacent networks

• AS577 Bell Canada
• AS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS852 TELUS Communications Inc.
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS22652 Videotron Ltee
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS394256 Tech Futures Interactive Inc.
• AS29909 Metro Optic
• AS399218 R B & W CORPORATION OF CANADA

Internet exchanges

• Toronto Internet Exchange — Toronto, Canada