AS33764 — African Network Information Center - (AfriNIC) Ltd - African Network Information Center - (AfriNIC) Ltd

AS33764 announces 4 IPv4 prefixes covering 1,536 addresses and 2 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

The AS handle AFRINIC-ZA-JNB-AS is held by African Network Information Center (AfriNIC) Ltd.

What it's used for

• The address space carries internal registry infrastructure, evidenced by the reverse DNS record cd.sec.afrinic.net and netnames consistently set to ORG-AFNC1-AFRINIC.
• The AS announces 1536 IPv4 addresses across 4 prefixes and 3 IPv6 prefixes, while maintaining 16 observed neighbours; this ratio of modest address inventory to a moderate peer count indicates a dedicated infrastructure network for the registry's operations rather than a transit or access provider.

Notable

• All registrants for the announced prefixes align with the announcer, identified as African Network Information Center - (AfriNIC) Ltd.
• The address inventory is finely subdivided into four distinct IPv4 blocks and three IPv6 prefixes, reflecting the internal segmentation typical of a corporate or institutional estate.
• The AS has been observed in routing tables since 2007, consistent with the long-standing operational history of the regional registry.

CLASSIFICATION - after the card, on its own final line, emit exactly:

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

Announced prefixes

• 196.2.3.0/24
• 196.192.114.0/23
• 196.192.141.0/24
• 196.216.2.0/23
• 2001:42d0::/46
• 2001:43f8:d00::/48

Upstream networks

• AS37271 Workonline Communications(Pty) Ltd
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS3741 Dimension Data

Downstream networks

• AS37177 (AfriNIC) Ltd - African Network Information Center - (AfriNIC) Ltd
• AS37181 (AfriNIC) Ltd - African Network Information Center - (AfriNIC) Ltd

Adjacent networks

• AS37271 Workonline Communications(Pty) Ltd
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS37177 (AfriNIC) Ltd - African Network Information Center - (AfriNIC) Ltd
• AS37181 (AfriNIC) Ltd - African Network Information Center - (AfriNIC) Ltd
• AS3741 Dimension Data

Routing security

• RPKI: 8 valid, 0 invalid and 0 not-found announcements; 8 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 100% of announcements registered; 8 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-30844-LIQUID-CUST-EXT, AS-30844-LIQUID-EXT, AS-AFRINIC, AS-DIGINETITCC-PEERS, AS-HURRICANEV6, AS-IS-INT, AS-ISZA, AS-LIQUID-EXT, AS-LIQUID-JINXPEERS, AS-VERIZON-V6, AS-WA-PEERS, AS37271:AS-CUSTOMERS, AS37271:AS-PEERS, AS3741:AS-IS-INT, AS3741:AS-ISZA.

Internet exchanges

• Johannesburg Internet Exchange — Johannesburg, South Africa