AS35019 — BIX-AS Bahrain Internet Exchange

AS35019 announces 2 IPv4 prefixes covering 3,072 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

The AS handle BIX-AS is held by Bahrain Internet Exchange.

What it's used for

• The address space carries peering and exchange infrastructure, evidenced by netnames BH-EXCHANGE-20050110 and BH-EXCHANGE-20160621 registered to Bahrain Internet Exchange; BIX NOC.
• With 3072 IPv4 addresses across 2 prefixes and only 3 observed neighbours, the low neighbour count relative to the address inventory indicates a peering point or exchange facility rather than a transit provider or access network.

Notable

• Registrants for both announced prefixes match the announcer, listing Bahrain Internet Exchange; BIX NOC.
• Established by government decree in 2003, the organization operates as a non-profit body to connect local ISPs and reduce international bandwidth costs.
• The inventory consists of two distinct IPv4 blocks with no IPv6 prefixes announced.

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

Announced prefixes

• 85.158.128.0/21
• 185.156.236.0/22

Upstream networks

• AS15412 Flag Telecom UK Limited
• AS31452 ZAIN BAHRAIN B.S.C.
• AS5416 B.S.C.

Adjacent networks

• AS15412 Flag Telecom UK Limited
• AS31452 ZAIN BAHRAIN B.S.C.
• AS5416 B.S.C.

Routing security

• RPKI: 10 valid, 0 invalid and 0 not-found announcements; 14 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 100% of announcements registered; 31 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-35019, AS-AS19324-CUSTAS, AS-BATELCO-BH, AS-CGRP1, AS-DOSARREST-CUSTAS, AS-EMIX, AS-HURRICANE, AS-ITC, AS-KDDCUSTOMER2, AS-OPTUS, AS-QTEL-TRANSIT-SET, AS-STC-BH, AS-TELSTRA-INTL-CUSTOMERS, AS-TRANSROUTE-SPEC, AS-VIVA-BH, AS-ZAINBH-LIST, AS58453:AS-ASIAASCUST, AS58453:AS-ASIAASCUST, AS8529:AS-ZAINBH-LIST-IPT-1.