AS38172 — IPSTAR-AS-AU - IPSTAR Australia Pty Ltd.

AS38172 announces 9 IPv4 prefixes covering 21,504 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

IPSTAR-AS-AU is held by IPSTAR Australia Pty Ltd.

What it's used for

• The address space carries satellite broadband subscriber traffic, evidenced by reverse DNS records such as 122-129-151-254.dynamic.ipstaraus.com and netnames including IPSTAR-RETAIL and OSS-RETAIL.
• The AS announces 21,504 IPv4 addresses across 14 prefixes while maintaining 10 observed neighbours, a ratio consistent with an access network providing connectivity to end-users rather than a transit provider.
• Traffic from this AS consists of satellite gateway connections for Australian businesses and residential customers, leveraging IPSTAR's teleport infrastructure for high-performance connectivity.

Notable

• Registrants align with the announcer, with IPSTAR Australia Pty. Ltd. listed for most prefixes, though one prefix (110.238.184.0/21) is registered to NBN Co LTD under the netname NBNCO-AU.
• The address inventory is finely subdivided into 14 distinct IPv4 prefixes, reflecting a segmented corporate estate for different service tiers or geographic regions.

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

Announced prefixes

• 58.84.216.0/22
• 58.84.220.0/23
• 103.153.242.0/23
• 103.246.180.0/22
• 110.50.16.0/21
• 110.238.184.0/21
• 119.12.208.0/20
• 122.129.128.0/19
• 203.169.16.0/21

Upstream networks

• AS58511 Anycast Global Backbone
• AS4826 Vocus Connect International Backbone
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS64073 Vetta Group
• AS24115 Equinix
• AS24482 SG.GS

Adjacent networks

• AS58511 Anycast Global Backbone
• AS4826 Vocus Connect International Backbone
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS24115 Equinix
• AS64073 Vetta Group

Routing security

• RPKI: 1 valid, 0 invalid and 30 not-found announcements; 1 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 97% of announcements registered; 215 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-ANC-CUSTOMER-PROXY-REGISTER, AS-CIT-CUST, AS-EQUINIX-AP, AS-EQUINIX-ME, AS-EQUINIX-PE, AS-EQUINIX-SY, AS-MEGAPORT-RS-SYD, AS-PACNET-CUSTOMER-PROXY-REGISTER, AS-PACNET-DOWNSTREAM-AU, AS-SUPERLOOP-CUST, AS-TELSTRA-INTL-CUSTOMERS-4637, AS-TRANSROUTE-SPEC, AS-XO-B, AS38172:AS-IPSTAR, AS4826:AS-CUSTOMERS, AS4826:AS-TEST, AS7606:AS-NSW-IX, AS7606:AS-SA-IX, AS9476:AS-CUSTOMERS.

Internet exchanges

• Megaport IX Sydney — Sydney, Australia
• Equinix Internet Exchange Sydney — Sydney, Australia
• IX Australia (Sydney NSW) — Sydney, Australia