AS211452 — KANTONAR Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden

AS211452 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 512 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

KANTONAR is operated by Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden.

What it's used for

• The space carries the cantonal government's internal network, identified by the netname KTAR and registrant Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden.
• The AS announces 512 IPv4 addresses in a single /23 prefix and 1 IPv6 prefix, while maintaining 43 observed neighbours; this ratio of limited address space against a high neighbour count indicates a transit or peering-heavy role for the canton's infrastructure.
• Traffic from this AS consists of government administrative services, public sector communications, and internal backhaul for the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden.

Notable

• The RDAP registrant Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden matches the registry holder and the AS handle KANTONAR, confirming direct ownership by the cantonal government.
• The address inventory is compact, consisting of one IPv4 block and one IPv6 block, typical for a small Swiss canton's dedicated government network.

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

Announced prefixes

• 193.5.176.0/23
• 2a07:291b::/32

Upstream networks

• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS8758 Iway AG
• AS13030 Init7 (Switzerland) Ltd.
• AS51907 Kanton Zug
• AS50869 IPng Networks GmbH
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS49432 Dominic Schallert trading as schallert.com e.U.
• AS34019 Hivane Association

Adjacent networks

• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS8758 Iway AG
• AS13030 Init7 (Switzerland) Ltd.
• AS51907 Kanton Zug
• AS50869 IPng Networks GmbH
• AS49432 Dominic Schallert trading as schallert.com e.U.
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS34019 Hivane Association

Routing security

• RPKI: 2 valid, 0 invalid and 0 not-found announcements; 2 ROAs.
• ASPA: 4 authorised providers.
• IRR: 100% of announcements registered; 2 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-CABLECOM, AS-HURRICANEV6, AS-IWAYCH, AS-RETN-ACTUAL-V4, AS-RETN-ACTUAL-V6, AS-RIX-RS, AS13030:AS-CH, AS211452:AS-DEFAULT, AS211452:AS-KANTONAR, AS42476:AS-SWISSIX-CONNECTED, AS50869:AS-MEMBERS, AS51907:AS-DEFAULT.

Internet exchanges

• SwissIX — Zurich, Switzerland
• Rheintal Internet Exchange — Eschen, Liechtenstein