AS14514 — PHJW

AS14514 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 256 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Four partner initials in the handle, and a netname that appends a top-level domain.

What it's used for

• A law firm's network. 256 addresses in a single IPv4 prefix, with one observed BGP neighbour and no IPv6 announced.

Notable

• The AS handle is four letters, one for each name in the firm as it stood when the record was made.
• The whole footprint is 216.241.240.0/24, carrying the netname PHJW-COM and registered to the firm.
• That netname is the same four letters with a domain suffix attached.
• Three addresses were queried for reverse DNS and none returned a name.

Interesting

• Law firm names are lists of partners, and they change as partners come and go. Initials taken from such a list freeze it, so the handle records the roster at the moment of registration rather than the firm's current name.
• Appending a top-level domain to a netname makes it look like a hostname without being one. It is a common shortcut for signalling which organisation owns a block, and it introduces a piece of the naming system into a field that has nothing to do with it.
• Firms of this size run document management and client matter systems that never face the public, so a single block covers the outward-facing part only.
• One upstream and nothing published in the reverse DNS.

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

Announced prefixes

• 216.241.240.0/24

Upstream networks

• AS19855 Masergy Communications, Inc.

Adjacent networks

• AS19855 Masergy Communications, Inc.