AS15020 — AS-BANDITO

AS15020 announces 2 IPv4 prefixes covering 512 addresses and 3 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Neither of its IPv4 blocks is registered to it, and one is still in the registry's own name.

What it's used for

• A small provider's network. Two IPv4 blocks and three IPv6 /48 blocks announced from the United States, with one observed BGP neighbour.

Notable

• One IPv4 block carries the netname NET23 and is registered to the regional internet registry itself, not to any operator.
• The other is registered to LayerSwitch, Inc under the netname LAYERSWITCH, a different company from the holder of this AS.
• Two of the IPv6 blocks come from one parent and the third, 2a09:8400:3::/48, comes from a different regional registry's range entirely.
• The AS handle is AS-BANDITO, carrying the record type as a prefix inside itself.
• Six addresses were queried for reverse DNS and none returned a name.

Interesting

• A block still registered to the registry is the unusual part. That is the state address space sits in before it is issued to anybody, and seeing it announced means the routing is running ahead of the paperwork, or the assignment record beneath it was never published.
• Announcing another company's block is ordinary by itself. Announcing another company's block and an unassigned one, on a network with one upstream and no space of its own, says this operator builds entirely on borrowed numbers.
• Pulling one IPv6 block from a second registry's range while the rest come from the first is a geolocation hazard. Anything that guesses location from the registry will put that block on another continent.

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

Announced prefixes

• 23.188.18.0/24
• 23.188.22.0/24
• 2602:fc2a:1::/48
• 2602:fc2a:6::/48
• 2a09:8400:3::/48

Upstream networks

• AS6206 Netrouting B.V.

Adjacent networks

• AS6206 Netrouting B.V.