AS18840 — EQUIPOS Y SISTEMAS S.A.

Network type: residential

AS18840 announces 5 IPv4 prefixes covering 18,176 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

AS18840 is operated by Equipos y Sistemas S.A., a Nicaraguan internet service provider known as IDEAY.

What it's used for

• The address space carries residential and business access traffic, evidenced by reverse DNS entries such as static-186-1-23-254.ideay.life and static-186-1-43-254.ideay.life.
• The AS announces 18,176 IPv4 addresses across 9 prefixes and 17 IPv6 prefixes, while maintaining only 4 observed routing neighbours. This high address-to-neighbour ratio indicates an access network rather than a transit provider.

Notable

• Registrants for the majority of the inventory are EQUIPOS Y SISTEMAS S.A., though three /24 blocks in the 165.98.0.0/16 range are registered to CENTRO DE ADMINISTRACION NIC.NI.
• The address inventory is dominated by the 186.1.0.0/19 block, with smaller allocations in 170.246.152.0/22 and 165.98.0.0/16.
• The operator is identified in secondary sources as a top provider in Nicaragua, operating cable and DSL infrastructure.

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

Announced prefixes

• 165.98.38.0/24
• 165.98.122.0/24
• 165.98.238.0/24
• 170.246.152.0/22
• 186.1.0.0/18
• 2800:8c0::/32

Upstream networks

• AS23520 Columbus Networks USA, Inc.
• AS52468 UFINET PANAMA S.A.
• AS14754 TELECOMUNICACIONES DE GUATEMALA, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA

Downstream networks

• AS263751 CASAVISION, S.A.

Adjacent networks

• AS23520 Columbus Networks USA, Inc.
• AS52468 UFINET PANAMA S.A.
• AS14754 TELECOMUNICACIONES DE GUATEMALA, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA
• AS263751 CASAVISION, S.A.

Internet exchanges

• Equinix Internet Exchange Miami — Miami, United States
• Equinix-LA(former Paix) — Los Angeles, United States