AS36985 — GMS

AS36985 announces 3 IPv4 prefixes covering 7,168 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

The AS handle GMS is operated by Global Micro Solutions, a South African managed services and hosted infrastructure provider.

What it's used for

• The address space carries business and hosted infrastructure services, evidenced by the registrant netname ORG-GMS1-AFRINIC and the operator's focus on Microsoft 365 security, cloud workloads, and hosted virtual services.
• The AS announces 7,168 IPv4 addresses across 3 prefixes and 1 IPv6 prefix, while maintaining 20 observed neighbours; this ratio of moderate address space against a significant number of peers suggests a role in providing connectivity and hosting services to business clients rather than pure transit.

Notable

• All three announced IPv4 prefixes are registered to Global Micro Solutions under the netname ORG-GMS1-AFRINIC, confirming the registrants align with the AS holder.
• The address inventory consists of three distinct IPv4 blocks: 154.66.64.0/20, 41.77.56.0/21, and 41.223.172.0/22, alongside a single IPv6 prefix 2c0f:f150::/32, indicating a consolidated corporate estate.

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

Announced prefixes

• 41.77.56.0/21
• 41.223.172.0/22
• 154.66.64.0/20
• 2c0f:f150::/32

Upstream networks

• AS37100 SEACOM-AS
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS37721 Virtual-Technologies-Solutions-SA

Adjacent networks

• AS37100 SEACOM-AS
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS37721 Virtual-Technologies-Solutions-SA

Routing security

• RPKI: 10 valid, 0 invalid and 0 not-found announcements; 4 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 40% of announcements registered; 6 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-37457, AS-AIRPARK-NAP-JB1-PEERS, AS-GLOBALMICRO, AS-SET-SEACOM, AS-SET-SEACOM.

Internet exchanges

• NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg — Johannesburg, South Africa