AS36944 — Ubuntunet Alliance For Research and Education Networking - Ubuntunet Alliance For Research and Education Networking

AS36944 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 2,048 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

UBUNTU-UNICAST-AS is operated by UbuntuNet Alliance.

What it's used for

• The space carries research and education network traffic, evidenced by the reverse DNS entry xe-7-0-0-nairobi-ua-nbo1-mtz1-01.ubuntunet.net which indicates peering infrastructure in Nairobi.
• With 2048 IPv4 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefix announced against 143 observed neighbours, the high neighbour-to-address ratio implies a transit or backbone role rather than a direct access network.

Notable

• The RDAP registrant Ubuntunet Alliance For Research and Education Networking matches the AS holder name exactly.
• The address inventory consists of a single contiguous IPv4 block, 196.32.208.0/21, and one IPv6 prefix, 2001:43f8:20::/48.

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

Announced prefixes

• 196.32.208.0/21
• 2001:43f8:20::/48

Upstream networks

• AS3257 GTT Communications Inc.
• AS6762 TELECOM ITALIA SPARKLE S.p.A.
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS11537 Internet2
• AS34549 meerfarbig GmbH & Co. KG
• AS20965 GEANT Vereniging
• AS50304 Blix Solutions AS
• AS3333 Reseaux IP Europeens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC)
• AS4657 StarHub Ltd
• AS12779 IT.Gate S.p.A.
• AS50300 CustodianDC Limited
• AS17639 Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS213241 TECHIT.BE SRL
• AS33891 Core-Backbone GmbH
• AS48185 team.blue NV
• AS3216 PJSC "Vimpelcom"
• AS3303 Swisscom (Schweiz) AG
• AS3741 Dimension Data
• AS12552 GlobalConnect AB
• AS50673 Serverius Holding B.V.
• AS328977 Wavex Internet Service Provider LTD
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS34019 Hivane Association
• AS34927 iFog GmbH

Downstream networks

• AS36914 Kenya Education Network
• AS37215 MAREN - Malawi Research and Education Network - MAREN
• AS327700 MoRENet - Mozambique Research & Education Network - MoRENet
• AS37532 Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN)
• AS37182 Tanzania Education And Research Network
• AS327798 BERNET - BURUNDI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NETWORK - BERNET
• AS37654 Rwanda Ministry of Education
• AS329301 BOTSWANA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORK SOCIETY
• AS329376 Zimbabwe Research & Education Network
• AS37467 Ethiopian Educational Research Network (EthERNet)
• AS2018 Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa

Adjacent networks

• AS36914 Kenya Education Network
• AS3257 GTT Communications Inc.
• AS37215 MAREN - Malawi Research and Education Network - MAREN
• AS6762 TELECOM ITALIA SPARKLE S.p.A.
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS34549 meerfarbig GmbH & Co. KG
• AS327700 MoRENet - Mozambique Research & Education Network - MoRENet
• AS37182 Tanzania Education And Research Network
• AS20965 GEANT Vereniging
• AS37532 Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN)
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS30844 Liquid Telecommunications Ltd
• AS33891 Core-Backbone GmbH
• AS48185 team.blue NV
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS4657 StarHub Ltd
• AS11537 Internet2
• AS3741 Dimension Data
• AS12552 GlobalConnect AB
• AS327798 BERNET - BURUNDI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NETWORK - BERNET
• AS50304 Blix Solutions AS
• AS37654 Rwanda Ministry of Education
• AS48362 Stadtwerke Feldkirch
• AS329301 BOTSWANA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORK SOCIETY
• AS17639 Converge ICT Solutions Inc.

Routing security

• RPKI: 2 valid, 0 invalid and 0 not-found announcements; 2 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 100% of announcements registered; 4 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-36944, AS-AIRPARK-NAP-JB1-PEERS, AS-C4LPEERS, AS-FASTLABS-IPV6, AS-GTTCUST, AS-GTTCUST6, AS-LIQUID-LINXPEERS, AS-MANDA-AMSIX-PEERS-V4, AS-MANDA-AMSIX-PEERS-V6, AS-MANDA-LINX-PEERS-V4, AS-MANDA-LINX-PEERS-V6, AS-NTRNET-AMSIX, AS-TENET, AS-TERTIARY, AS-TERTIARY, AS-TERTIARY, AS-TERTIARY-RIPE, AS-UBUNTUNET, AS-UBUNTUNET, AS-UBUNTUNET2, AS1200:AS-AMS-IX-PEERS, AS12703:AS-PEERS-V6, AS198792:AS-PEER-AMSIX-V4, AS198792:AS-PEER-AMSIX-V6, AS29169:AS-PEERS4.

Internet exchanges

• LINX LON1 — London, United Kingdom
• AMS-IX Amsterdam — Amsterdam, Netherlands
• NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg — Johannesburg, South Africa