AS30116 — WNI-NORMAN

AS30116 announces 2 IPv4 prefixes covering 512 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

WNI-NORMAN is the autonomous system for Weathernews America Inc., the US subsidiary of the Japanese weather data provider Weathernews Inc.

What it's used for

• The address space carries corporate infrastructure for a weather information company, evidenced by reverse DNS entries like no-nat-64.wni.com and ok-nat-190.wni.com on the 206.61.156.0/24 prefix.
• With 512 IPv4 addresses across 2 prefixes and only 2 observed neighbours, the network functions as a small, self-contained business estate rather than a transit or access provider.

Notable

• Registrants for both announced prefixes (192.153.53.0/24 and 206.61.156.0/24) are listed as Weathernews America Inc., with netnames WEATHERNEWS and SPRINTLINK respectively.
• Weathernews America Inc. was established in 1993 as the US arm of Weathernews Inc., a major private weather forecasting company headquartered in Chiba, Japan.
• The inventory consists of two /24 blocks, one of which retains a legacy SPRINTLINK netname, suggesting historical acquisition or leasing of the address space.

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

Announced prefixes

• 192.153.53.0/24
• 206.61.156.0/24

Upstream networks

• AS5078 Oklahoma Network for Education Enrichment and
• AS22773 Cox Communications Inc.

Adjacent networks

• AS5078 Oklahoma Network for Education Enrichment and
• AS22773 Cox Communications Inc.