AS7925 — WVNET

Network type: education

AS7925 announces 2 IPv4 prefixes covering 131,072 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

WVNET is the West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing, the state's shared technology and networking service for higher education, based in Morgantown.

What it's used for

• Backbone and internet connectivity for West Virginia's colleges and universities, plus shared hosting and IT services the agency provides on their behalf.
• It also announces 168.216.0.0/16, which is registered to the West Virginia Department of Education — WVNET carries the state's K-12 education network as well as higher-ed traffic.

Notable

• A state research-and-education network, so the space is institutional: schools, campuses and state education agencies, not commercial subscribers.
• WVNET's own legacy block 129.71.0.0/16 was registered with ARIN in 1987, putting the organisation among the early regional academic networks; the ASN itself was registered in 1997.

Interesting

• Two /16s under one AS, one for higher education and one for the K-12 system, is a compact illustration of how US states consolidated school and university connectivity behind a single provider.

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

Announced prefixes

• 129.71.0.0/16
• 168.216.0.0/16

Upstream networks

• AS5050 Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
• AS600 OARnet
• AS3112 OARnet

Adjacent networks

• AS5050 Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
• AS600 OARnet
• AS3112 OARnet