AS37708 — AFRINIC-MAIN

AS37708 announces 4 IPv4 prefixes covering 1,280 addresses and 2 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

The AS handle AFRINIC-MAIN is held by African Network Information Center (AfriNIC) Ltd.

What it's used for

• The address space carries the operational infrastructure of the Regional Internet Registry for Africa, with all four IPv4 prefixes registered under the netname ORG-AFNC1-AFRINIC.
• The AS announces 1,280 IPv4 addresses and 2 IPv6 prefixes across 4 IPv4 blocks, maintaining 3 observed routing neighbours, a ratio consistent with a small-scale internal corporate estate rather than a transit or access network.
• Traffic from this AS consists of web services, API endpoints, and internal administrative systems supporting the registry's distribution and management of Internet number resources.

Notable

• All registrants for the announced prefixes match the announcer, identified as African Network Information Center - (AfriNIC) Ltd.
• The address inventory is finely subdivided into four distinct IPv4 blocks and two IPv6 /48 prefixes, reflecting site-by-site segmentation of the registry's internal network.

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

Announced prefixes

• 196.1.0.0/24
• 196.192.112.0/23
• 196.192.140.0/24
• 196.192.143.0/24
• 2001:43f8:90::/48
• 2001:43f8:92::/48

Upstream networks

• AS23889 Mauritius Telecom Ltd
• AS30999 EMTEL LIMITED
• AS36868 Rogers Capital Technology Services Ltd

Adjacent networks

• AS23889 Mauritius Telecom Ltd
• AS30999 EMTEL LIMITED
• AS36868 Rogers Capital Technology Services Ltd

Internet exchanges

• Mauritius Internet Exchange — Ebene, Mauritius