AS14997 — ASCENSION-TEXAS - Ascension Technologies

AS14997 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 256 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

The block still belongs to the hospital; the AS number belongs to the health system that absorbed it.

What it's used for

• The network of a hospital now part of a national health system. 256 addresses in a single IPv4 prefix, with one observed BGP neighbour and no IPv6 announced.

Notable

• The whole footprint is 72.48.126.0/24, carrying the netname GRANDECOM-SETONMEDICALCENTER and registered to the medical centre itself.
• The AS handle names the health system's technology arm and a state.
• Three sampled addresses answer as 72-48-126-64.static.grandenetworks.net and similar, under the provider's domain.
• Three addresses were queried for reverse DNS and all three returned a name.

Interesting

• The netname joins a regional carrier's name to the hospital's, which is what happens when a provider files the record for a customer and wants both parties findable. It is more useful than either name alone.
• The AS record and the block record describe two different organisations, one the parent and one the site. Consolidation in healthcare happens faster than registry paperwork, and this is what the gap looks like from outside.
• 256 addresses and one upstream is a single-site footprint. Whatever else the health system runs, this number carries one hospital's connection.
• The reverse DNS is generated by the carrier and names nothing about the hospital, so the addresses answer without disclosing what they serve.

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

Announced prefixes

• 72.48.126.0/24

Upstream networks

• AS7459 Grande Communications Networks, LLC

Adjacent networks

• AS7459 Grande Communications Networks, LLC

Routing security

• RPKI: 0 valid, 0 invalid and 1 not-found announcements; 0 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 100% of announcements registered; 1 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-CHTR-SYNC, AS-GRANDE, AS-PNAPDALZ, AS-RR-BIZ.