AS14801 — HPU

AS14801 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 256 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

A three-letter handle and a block whose registration could not be read.

What it's used for

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

Notable

• The AS handle is HPU, the initials of the institution and nothing else.
• The whole footprint is 198.199.136.0/24.
• The lookup for that block failed, so nothing is known here about how it is registered or what it is named.
• Three addresses were queried for reverse DNS and none returned a name.

Interesting

• Three-letter handles are the shortest form the registry accepts and were handed out when the space of unclaimed initials was still wide open. Holding one is a mark of having registered early rather than of size.
• Universities usually carry more than one block and more than one upstream, because research traffic, campus networks and student housing tend to be separated. A single small prefix on a single path is a much tighter footprint than the sector's norm.
• With the block lookup failed and nothing in the reverse DNS, the AS record is the only source naming this institution, and the card records that gap rather than guessing past it.
• No IPv6 is announced, so the campus reaches the newer half of the internet through somebody else's addresses if at all.

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

Announced prefixes

• 198.199.136.0/24

Upstream networks

• AS40300 DR Fortress, LLC

Adjacent networks

• AS40300 DR Fortress, LLC