AS198864 — QMW-AC-UK Queen Mary University of London

AS198864 announces 5 IPv4 prefixes covering 132,864 addresses and 2 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

The AS handle QMW-AC-UK is operated by Queen Mary University of London.

What it's used for

• The address space carries university infrastructure, evidenced by netnames such as QMUL-CLASSB1-NET, QMUL-CLASSB2-NET, QMUL-RDTZ-NET, and QMW-DC3-NET, along with reverse DNS entries like host-138-37-64-0.qmul.ac.uk and mepp3csw01.vlan842.accb.sd02-vrf-internet.core-net.qmul.ac.uk.
• The network announces 132,864 IPv4 addresses across 5 prefixes and 2 IPv6 prefixes, while maintaining only 1 observed neighbour, indicating a self-contained institutional network rather than a transit provider.
• Traffic consists of academic and research endpoints, administrative systems, and campus services for a public research university with multiple sites in London.

Notable

• All registrants for the announced prefixes are listed as Queen Mary University of London, with contact roles including QMUL Chief Information Officer, IT Services CIO, QMUL Network Support, and QMUL Network Abuse.
• The address inventory includes two large /16 blocks (138.37.0.0/16 and 161.23.0.0/16) alongside smaller /22, /23, and /24 allocations, reflecting a substantial internal corporate estate segmented by function or site.

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

Announced prefixes

• 138.37.0.0/16
• 161.23.0.0/16
• 192.135.231.0/24
• 192.135.232.0/23
• 194.36.8.0/22
• 2a01:56c0::/32
• 2a01:56c1:10::/44

Upstream networks

• AS786 Jisc Services Limited

Adjacent networks

• AS786 Jisc Services Limited

Routing security

• RPKI: 0 valid, 0 invalid and 7 not-found announcements; 0 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 86% of announcements registered; 12 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-C4L, AS-JANETEURO, AS-JANETPLUS, AS-JANETUS.