AS37661 — NRaE1-AS

Network type: hosting

AS37661 announces 5 IPv4 prefixes covering 39,168 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

The AS handle NRaE1-AS is operated by Nigerian Research and Education Network Limited by Guarantee (NgREN).

What it's used for

• The address space carries university and research network traffic, with registrants including University of Ilorin and Nnamdi Azikiwe University alongside the main NgREN netname ORG-NRaE1-AFRINIC.
• The AS announces 39168 IPv4 addresses across 16 prefixes and maintains 14 observed neighbours, a ratio consistent with a national research and education backbone providing transit and interconnection for member institutions.
• Traffic from this AS consists of academic and research data, supporting the non-profit mission of connecting Nigerian universities and research institutes.

Notable

• Registrants align with the announcer, showing Nigerian Research and Education Network Limited by Guarantee for most prefixes, with specific allocations to University of Ilorin and Nnamdi Azikiwe University.
• The inventory is dominated by the 154.68.0.0/16 range, subdivided into multiple /20, /21, /22, /23, and /24 blocks, indicating a finely segmented internal estate for different institutions or sites.

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

Announced prefixes

• 102.131.64.0/18
• 154.68.192.0/18
• 164.160.192.0/21
• 196.27.136.0/24
• 196.220.192.0/20

Upstream networks

• AS37288 West and Central African Research Network
• AS37613 DOLPHIN TELECOMMUNICATION LIMITED
• AS29465 MTN NIGERIA Communication limited
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS58453 China Mobile International Limited
• AS36932 Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria

Downstream networks

• AS37404 University of Ibadan
• AS37297 Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife
• AS37686 Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Nigeria

Adjacent networks

• AS37288 West and Central African Research Network
• AS37613 DOLPHIN TELECOMMUNICATION LIMITED
• AS29465 MTN NIGERIA Communication limited
• AS37404 University of Ibadan
• AS37297 Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife
• AS37686 Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Nigeria
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS36932 Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria
• AS58453 China Mobile International Limited

Internet exchanges

• Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria - Lagos — Lagos, Nigeria
• West Africa Interconnection Exchange — Lagos, Nigeria