AS37179 — AFRICAINX

AS37179 announces 9 IPv4 prefixes covering 60,672 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

AFRICAINX is operated by Africa Independent Network Exchange (Pty) LTD.

What it's used for

• The address space carries a mix of residential and business connectivity, evidenced by reverse DNS entries such as 41-84-95-254-adsl.africainx.net and 41-189-72-0-0.PINELANDS-HOSTING.ensync.net.
• The AS announces 60,672 IPv4 addresses across 9 prefixes and 1 IPv6 prefix, while maintaining 45 observed neighbours; this ratio of moderate address space to a significant number of peering partners suggests a regional ISP role with substantial transit and peering activity.

Notable

• Registrants for the largest prefixes include Africa Independent Network Exchange (Pty) LTD, Ensync Business Solutions (PTY)Ltd, Avitronics, Momentum Investments Shared Services(Pty) Ltd, and DXC Technology South Africa (Pty) Ltd, indicating a diverse set of end-users or leased space within the announced blocks.
• Secondary sources identify the operator as SEACOM Managed Services SA, also known as Network Solutions, Hymax, and AfricaINX, suggesting a corporate rebranding or merger history.
• The inventory includes a large /17 block (41.84.0.0/17) alongside smaller /24 allocations, reflecting a varied address estate that supports both bulk residential services and specific corporate deployments.

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

Announced prefixes

• 41.66.128.0/18
• 41.84.0.0/17
• 41.189.64.0/19
• 196.11.195.0/24
• 196.11.197.0/24
• 196.13.63.0/24
• 196.13.72.0/24
• 196.13.78.0/24
• 196.46.224.0/21
• 2c0f:fe18::/32

Upstream networks

• AS37100 SEACOM Limited
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS6774 Belgacom International Carrier Services SA
• AS3741 Dimension Data
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions

Downstream networks

• AS37153 Xneelo (Pty) Ltd
• AS37266 Amobia Communications
• AS37333 Comtel Communications
• AS37150 Xnet Internet Services (Pty) Ltd
• AS328446 Open Access Technologies (Pty) Ltd
• AS328837 VTS Connect Pty Ltd
• AS329277 e-centric Switch (Proprietary) Limited
• AS328498 Enabling ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd
• AS37627 Equation Business Solutions
• AS11179 Aryaka Networks, Inc.
• AS328772 Momentum Metropolitan Life Ltd
• AS37413 Hymax Talking Solutions
• AS36242 Network Foundations LLC
• AS327949 Hollard Insurance
• AS62044 Zscaler Switzerland GmbH
• AS37399 Switch Telecom
• AS23058 Discovery Health
• AS42473 Anexia Cloud Solutions GmbH
• AS328313 GVSC Communications (SA) (Pty) Ltd
• AS328507 Open Link Communications
• AS37523 AVOXI (PTY) LTD

Adjacent networks

• AS37100 SEACOM Limited
• AS37153 Xneelo (Pty) Ltd
• AS37266 Amobia Communications
• AS37333 Comtel Communications
• AS37150 Xnet Internet Services (Pty) Ltd
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS328498 Enabling ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd
• AS6774 Belgacom International Carrier Services SA
• AS328446 Open Access Technologies (Pty) Ltd
• AS328837 VTS Connect Pty Ltd
• AS329277 e-centric Switch (Proprietary) Limited
• AS37627 Equation Business Solutions
• AS36242 Network Foundations LLC
• AS328772 Momentum Metropolitan Life Ltd
• AS11179 Aryaka Networks, Inc.
• AS37413 Hymax Talking Solutions
• AS327949 Hollard Insurance
• AS3741 Dimension Data
• AS62044 Zscaler Switzerland GmbH
• AS37399 Switch Telecom
• AS23058 Discovery Health
• AS42473 Anexia Cloud Solutions GmbH
• AS328313 GVSC Communications (SA) (Pty) Ltd
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS328507 Open Link Communications

Internet exchanges

• LINX LON1 — London, United Kingdom
• NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg — Johannesburg, South Africa
• NAPAfrica IX Cape Town — Cape Town, South Africa
• Johannesburg Internet Exchange — Johannesburg, South Africa
• NAPAfrica IX Durban — Durban, South Africa
• Cape Town Internet Exchange — Cape Town, South Africa
• Durban Internet eXchange — Durban, South Africa