AS14711 — BRKTOOLS

AS14711 announces 2 IPv4 prefixes covering 768 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

One company, two blocks, and two different abbreviations of its own name numbered from different starting points.

What it's used for

• A machine tool manufacturer's network. 768 addresses across two IPv4 prefixes, with four observed BGP neighbours and no IPv6 announced.

Notable

• 208.71.252.0/23 carries INGER-5, with the company name recorded in capitals.
• 50.204.12.0/24 carries INGERSOLL-1, with the same company name recorded in mixed case.
• One netname truncates at five letters, the other spells the name out; one counts from five, the other from one.
• Six addresses were queried for reverse DNS and none returned a name.

Interesting

• The two records were filed years apart, by different people, following different habits, and nothing in the registry forces them to agree. The counter restarting at one on the newer block is the clearest sign: whoever created it either did not know about the earlier series or decided it was not theirs to continue.
• The AS handle names a product line rather than the company, which suggests the number was obtained for a division and later inherited by the parent.
• Four upstreams for a manufacturer of this size is more than most peers in this range carry, and it fits a business whose plants cannot stop because a single carrier had a bad afternoon.
• The newer block comes from a range issued long after the easy allocations ran out, so the company went back for more space recently and paid for it.

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

Announced prefixes

• 50.204.12.0/24
• 208.71.252.0/23

Upstream networks

• AS12129 123.Net, Inc.
• AS33491 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
• AS30517 Great Lakes Comnet, Inc.
• AS7018 AT&T Enterprises, LLC

Adjacent networks

• AS12129 123.Net, Inc.
• AS33491 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
• AS30517 Great Lakes Comnet, Inc.
• AS7018 AT&T Enterprises, LLC