AS229 — MERIT-AS-6

AS229 announces 2 IPv4 prefixes covering 1,024 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Merit Network (MERIT-AS-6), Michigan's non-profit research and education network, one of the oldest continuously operating networks in the US.

What it's used for

• Backbone and connectivity for Michigan's universities, schools, libraries, and government (a research and education network).

Notable

• A non-profit research/education network, not a commercial ISP.
• The low AS number reflects an early-internet allocation, handed out roughly sequentially.

Interesting

• Merit operated the NSFNET backbone in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a pivotal step in the internet's growth beyond the original ARPANET.

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

Announced prefixes

• 192.41.230.0/23
• 192.41.236.0/23
• 2001:48a8:68f7::/48

Upstream networks

• AS237 Merit Network Inc.
• AS231 Michigan State University

Adjacent networks

• AS237 Merit Network Inc.
• AS231 Michigan State University