AS207645 — FWNETWORKS-AS F & W Networks Ltd

AS207645 announces 16 IPv4 prefixes covering 13,568 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

FWNETWORKS-AS is operated by F & W Networks Ltd.

What it's used for

• The address space carries infrastructure for Internet Utilities (netnames IPXO, NETUTILS) and F & W Networks (netnames FW-NETWORKS, FW-Networks), with reverse DNS consistently pointing to fwnetworks.co.uk.
• The AS announces 14,848 IPv4 addresses across 17 prefixes and 1 IPv6 prefix, while maintaining only 2 observed routing neighbours. This high address-to-neighbour ratio indicates a hosting or business network rather than a transit provider.
• Traffic from this AS consists of web and API endpoints, office workers, and hosted services for Internet Utilities and F & W Networks clients.

Notable

• Registrants include Internet Utilities Admin/Tech Contact, Brightbox Systems Ltd, Internet Utilities NA LLC, Cogent Communications, LLC, LARUS Limited, and CyberHive Ltd, alongside F & W Networks Ltd.
• The inventory includes prefixes originally registered to other entities, such as 38.9.8.0/22 (netname COGENT-A) and 185.190.92.0/22 (netname HK-LARUS-20170216), suggesting leased space or post-acquisition history.
• The address inventory is fragmented, with a mix of large blocks like 5.83.192.0/20 and smaller /24s, reflecting a diverse portfolio of acquired or leased IP space.

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

Announced prefixes

• 5.83.192.0/20
• 5.181.99.0/24
• 31.214.156.0/24
• 37.148.220.0/22
• 38.9.8.0/22
• 45.137.18.0/24
• 82.153.74.0/23
• 82.153.76.0/23
• 87.254.0.0/23
• 94.176.96.0/24
• 166.1.120.0/21
• 185.86.10.0/24
• 185.190.92.0/22
• 193.28.11.0/24
• 194.120.133.0/24
• 209.240.0.0/22
• 2a0d:b100::/29

Upstream networks

• AS49600 NEAR IP, S.L.
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC

Adjacent networks

• AS49600 NEAR IP, S.L.
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC

Routing security

• RPKI: 16 valid, 2 invalid and 5 not-found announcements; 16 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 91% of announcements registered; 32 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-ADAMOEU, AS-FWHB, AS-NEARIP, AS-SSET, AS207645:AS-FWNETWORKS, AS61231:AS-NEOS.