AS3464 — ASC-NET

Network type: education

AS3464 announces 36 IPv4 prefixes covering 207,616 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

ASC-NET is the Alabama Supercomputer Authority (ASA), a state agency created by the Alabama Legislature in 1989 that operates the Alabama Research and Education Network (AREN) and the state's supercomputing facilities.

What it's used for

• Backbone connectivity for AREN, Alabama's statewide research and education network: public K-12 school districts, community colleges, universities, public libraries, and selected state agencies.
• High-performance computing services for faculty, staff, and students at Alabama's public institutions.

Notable

• An institutional, not commercial, network. The address space serves member schools and campuses across the state rather than paying retail subscribers, which is why the IPv4 footprint (a couple hundred thousand addresses) is large relative to the size of the organization itself.
• Registered with ARIN in 1994, consistent with the era when US state education networks were building out their own connectivity.

Interesting

• ASA has served as the AREN consortium lead for the federal E-Rate program since 1998, covering most of Alabama's public school districts and a large share of its libraries — so this ASN sits behind a substantial fraction of the state's classroom internet access.

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

Announced prefixes

• 129.66.0.0/16
• 157.149.0.0/16
• 192.31.107.0/24
• 192.211.32.0/23
• 192.211.39.0/24
• 192.211.41.0/24
• 192.211.42.0/24
• 192.211.44.0/23
• 198.49.31.0/24
• 198.200.158.0/24
• 198.204.100.0/22
• 199.20.16.0/20
• 199.88.16.0/22
• 199.88.21.0/24
• 199.88.22.0/23
• 199.88.24.0/21
• 199.248.173.0/24
• 199.248.174.0/23
• 199.248.176.0/23
• 199.248.178.0/24
• 204.29.64.0/19
• 204.29.96.0/22
• 204.29.105.0/24
• 204.29.106.0/23
• 204.29.108.0/22
• 204.29.112.0/20
• 207.157.0.0/18
• 207.157.64.0/21
• 207.157.72.0/23
• 207.157.76.0/22
• 207.157.80.0/24
• 207.157.82.0/23
• 207.157.84.0/22
• 207.157.88.0/21
• 207.157.96.0/19
• 216.109.0.0/18
• 2607:f808::/32

Upstream networks

• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS7018 AT&T Enterprises, LLC
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS10490 Georgia Institute of Technology

Downstream networks

• AS54302 University of North Alabama
• AS18682 Alabama A&M University
• AS8135 Troy University
• AS396440 Auburn University at Montgomery
• AS27622 Retirement Systems of Alabama
• AS394570 Alabama State University
• AS40204 Jacksonville State University

Adjacent networks

• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS7018 AT&T Enterprises, LLC
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS54302 University of North Alabama
• AS18682 Alabama A&M University
• AS10490 Georgia Institute of Technology
• AS8135 Troy University
• AS396440 Auburn University at Montgomery
• AS27622 Retirement Systems of Alabama
• AS394570 Alabama State University
• AS40204 Jacksonville State University