AS6895 — ESPANIX-RS-AS Neutral Interconect Exchange for Spain

AS6895 announces 2 IPv4 prefixes covering 768 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

ESPANIX-RS-AS is the autonomous system of Asociación ESPANIX, the neutral internet exchange point of Spain, headquartered in Madrid.

What it's used for

• Running the exchange's route servers and supporting infrastructure. Reverse DNS on the announced space resolves under espanix.net, with hostnames naming the exchange's Madrid and Barcelona sites.
• Members interconnect over the exchange fabric directly. Their traffic does not transit this ASN, so the AS number reflects the exchange's own systems rather than the traffic it carries.

Notable

• An IXP is neutral interconnection infrastructure and does not map onto the usual hosting, ISP, or enterprise categories. Its address space exists to number peering LANs and management systems.
• ESPANIX is a membership association rather than a commercial company. Its IPv6 peering LAN is a /48 out of 2001:7f8::/32, the RIPE NCC block reserved for internet exchange points, which is a reliable tell that an AS is an IXP.

Interesting

• ESPANIX operates across more than one Spanish city, which lets members reach the same exchange from separate facilities. That multi-site model is now common but was not when the exchange was established.

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

Announced prefixes

• 185.79.172.0/23
• 185.79.174.0/24
• 2001:7f8:f::/48

Upstream networks

• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS3303 Swisscom (Schweiz) AG
• AS33891 Core-Backbone GmbH
• AS23764 CTGNet
• AS29632 Netassist International EOOD
• AS15830 Equinix (EMEA) Acquisition Enterprises B.V.
• AS57463 NetIX Communications JSC
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions

Downstream networks

• AS13287 FALBOX S.L. trading as NIXVAL
• AS208591 Aitire S.L
• AS29119 AIRE NETWORKS DEL MEDITERRANEO SL UNIPERSONAL
• AS208569 Norvoz Telecom, S.L.

Adjacent networks

• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS23764 CTGNet
• AS13287 FALBOX S.L. trading as NIXVAL
• AS3303 Swisscom (Schweiz) AG
• AS208591 Aitire S.L
• AS33891 Core-Backbone GmbH
• AS57463 NetIX Communications JSC
• AS15830 Equinix (EMEA) Acquisition Enterprises B.V.
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS29632 Netassist International EOOD
• AS208569 Norvoz Telecom, S.L.
• AS29119 AIRE NETWORKS DEL MEDITERRANEO SL UNIPERSONAL

Internet exchanges

• ESpanix Madrid Lower LAN — Madrid, Spain