AS202562 — APERTURE-NETWORKS Roelf Wichertjes

AS202562 announces 2 IPv4 prefixes covering 512 addresses and 3 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

APERTURE-NETWORKS is operated by Aperture Networks.

What it's used for

• The address space carries research and educational traffic, as indicated by the PeeringDB classification of "Educational/Research" and the netnames APERTURE-NETWORKS and Roelf-Wichertjes.
• The AS announces 512 IPv4 addresses across 2 prefixes and 50 IPv6 prefixes, while maintaining 34 observed neighbours. This ratio of modest address space to a significant number of peering partners suggests a network focused on connectivity and exchange rather than large-scale residential access.
• Traffic from this AS consists of academic and research endpoints, consistent with the operator's stated scope and the presence of a dedicated NOC contact.

Notable

• Registrants for both announced IPv4 prefixes are listed as Roelf Wichertjes, aligning with the registry holder and the AS handle APERTURE-NETWORKS.
• The IPv6 inventory is finely subdivided into 50 distinct prefixes, indicating a structured internal allocation strategy for the research network.

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

Announced prefixes

• 185.186.10.0/24
• 185.186.64.0/24
• 2a0b:6b83::/32
• 2a0b:6b86:3fa::/48
• 2a0b:6b86:3ff::/48

Upstream networks

• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS200365 Possibly Lizards Limited
• AS12186 GVVME
• AS34927 iFog GmbH
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS58057 Securebit AG
• AS34019 Hivane Association
• AS202365 Omer GOLGELI

Downstream networks

• AS203807 Wouter Goyen

Adjacent networks

• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS200365 Possibly Lizards Limited
• AS203807 Wouter Goyen
• AS12186 GVVME
• AS34927 iFog GmbH
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS58057 Securebit AG
• AS34019 Hivane Association
• AS202365 Omer GOLGELI

Routing security

• RPKI: 10 valid, 0 invalid and 0 not-found announcements; 4 ROAs.
• ASPA: 6 authorised providers.
• IRR: 80% of announcements registered; 14 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-APERTURE-NETWORKS, AS-HARRYCROSS, AS-HURRICANEV6, AS-IX, AS-RETN-ACTUAL-V6.

Internet exchanges

• KleyReX Internet Exchange — Frankfurt, Germany
• Kansas City Internet Exchange — Kansas City, United States