AS14816 — HKUASN - Metabo HPT

AS14816 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 256 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

The AS handle is three initials that match nothing else in the record.

What it's used for

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

Notable

• The AS handle is HKUASN, three letters followed by the word for the record type.
• Those letters bear no relation to the holder name recorded alongside them.
• The whole footprint is 50.238.42.0/24, carrying the netname CCCH3-4 and registered to a cable carrier.
• Three addresses were queried for reverse DNS and none returned a name.

Interesting

• Handles outlive the names they were made from. A set of initials that fits no current word in the record is the fingerprint of a company that changed its name after registering, since the holder field gets updated on a rename and the handle usually does not.
• The netname is the carrier's own compressed abbreviation plus two counters, so between it and the handle the record contains two opaque strings and one readable company name.
• The block is registered to the carrier rather than to the manufacturer, which makes the AS number the only piece of this network the company holds in its own name.
• One upstream and no IPv6 puts this at the smallest end of what a routed corporate edge looks like.

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

Announced prefixes

• 50.238.42.0/24

Upstream networks

• AS7725 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

Adjacent networks

• AS7725 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

Routing security

• RPKI: 1 valid, 0 invalid and 0 not-found announcements; 1 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 100% of announcements registered; 1 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-COMCAST-EDIA, AS-FUJITSU, AS-WINDSTREAM-CUST, AS-XO-B.