AS5418 — NERDNET-AS Research platform for Nerds

AS5418 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 256 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

NERDNET-AS describes itself in the RIPE database as a "Research platform for Nerds", registered to nerdnet in The Hague, Netherlands. The same object records that the ASN was formerly used by IXE (Internet Exchange Europe B.V.).

What it's used for

• A small experimental / research network: a single /24-sized block used for hands-on routing and internet-infrastructure work rather than for commercial service.

Notable

• Very small footprint (a few hundred IPv4 addresses) and a hobbyist framing, which puts it in a different category from the commercial carriers occupying neighbouring AS numbers.
• The handle is a good reminder that a low AS number tells you when the number was handed out, not who holds it now — this one has already changed hands from an exchange operator to a research platform.

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

Announced prefixes

• 217.170.15.0/24

Upstream networks

• AS44854 Arend Brouwer
• AS20562 Broadband Hosting B.V.
• AS24785 Broadband Hosting B.V.
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS6696 VERIXI SA
• AS34927 iFog GmbH
• AS3333 Reseaux IP Europeens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC)
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS48185 team.blue NV
• AS37100 SEACOM Limited
• AS20485 Joint Stock Company TransTeleCom
• AS57463 NetIX Communications JSC
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS204092 Association GRIFON

Adjacent networks

• AS44854 Arend Brouwer
• AS20562 Broadband Hosting B.V.
• AS24785 Broadband Hosting B.V.
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS57463 NetIX Communications JSC
• AS6696 VERIXI SA
• AS48185 team.blue NV
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS204092 Association GRIFON
• AS3333 Reseaux IP Europeens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC)
• AS34927 iFog GmbH
• AS37100 SEACOM Limited
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS20485 Joint Stock Company TransTeleCom

Internet exchanges

• Neutral Internet Exchange — Amsterdam, Netherlands