AS26499 — VATECH-DCMETRO

AS26499 announces 4 IPv4 prefixes covering 8,960 addresses and 2 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

VATECH-DCMETRO is operated by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

What it's used for

• The address space carries university infrastructure, evidenced by reverse DNS entries such as arlington-38-68-235-254.ncr.vt.edu, icab-router.lo0.0.nis.vt.edu, and printer8.emc.vt.edu.
• The AS announces 8960 IPv4 addresses and 2 IPv6 prefixes, with only 2 observed neighbours, indicating a role as an access or eyeball network for the campus community.

Notable

• Registrants for the largest prefixes include both Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (netnames VA-TECH-RES) and Cogent Communications, LLC (netname COGENT-A), suggesting a mix of owned and leased or transit-related space.
• The inventory consists of four IPv4 prefixes, including a /20 and a /23, alongside two IPv6 prefixes, reflecting a standard university network footprint.

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

Announced prefixes

• 38.68.224.0/20
• 38.68.252.0/24
• 45.3.96.0/20
• 45.3.112.0/23
• 2607:b400:800::/40
• 2607:b400:a04::/48

Upstream networks

• AS40220 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.
• AS1312 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.

Adjacent networks

• AS40220 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.
• AS1312 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.