Autonomous system
AS25870 QIX-SERVICES
Hosting ARIN Network Services
Summary
CANIX
ixp peering canada non-profit
The AS handle QIX-SERVICES is held by CANIX Solutions & Services.
What it's used for
- The space carries interconnection infrastructure, evidenced by the netname
CANIX-YYZ-SERVICESand the registrantCANIX Solutions & Services. - The AS announces 256 IPv4 addresses across 1 prefix with 1 observed neighbour, indicating a small, focused footprint typical of an Internet Exchange Point (IXP) rather than a transit provider.
Notable
- The registrant
CANIX Solutions & Servicesmatches the AS holder, confirming consistent ownership of the address space. - CANIX is a non-profit organization that operates carrier and data center neutral Internet Exchanges in Canada, providing premium interconnection services for networks, cloud platforms, and telecoms.
- The address inventory consists of a single /24 block (149.112.137.0/24), which is finely subdivided and dedicated to the exchange's operational infrastructure.
This description is AI-generated, best-effort context — not authoritative, and provided without any guarantee of accuracy. Source, and how to suggest an edit.
Interconnection
Peering at a glance
Internet exchanges
Recorded at 1 exchange in 1 country, largest first.
| Exchange | Location | Their address |
|---|---|---|
| CANIX Internet Exchange - Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 149.112.135.248 |
Transit providers
1 upstream, 0 downstream and 2 adjacent networks observed; most-used upstreams first.
| AS | Network | Paths seen |
|---|---|---|
| AS174 | Cogent Communications, LLC | 90 |
Exchange presence is recorded rather than inferred: the directory collected by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data) on 2026-10-11, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Transit is inferred from observed BGP paths, never declared by either party.
Address space
Summary
IPv4 1 prefixes · 256 addresses IPv6 1 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| CA | Canada | 2 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- ARIN
- Handle
AS25870- Registry name
- CANIX-TORONTO-SERVICES
- Registrant
- CANIX Solutions & Services
- Abuse contact
- noc@canix.ca
- Registered
- 2025-06-18
- Last changed
- 2025-10-20
- Allocation
- assigned
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- CANIX Toronto Services
- Also known as
- CANIX YYZ L3 Services
- Network type
- Network Services
- Scope
- Not Disclosed
- Traffic ratio
- Not Disclosed
- Peering policy
- Open
- IRR as-set
ARIN::AS25870:AS-PEERS- Present at
- 1 exchanges
- Facilities
- 3 facilities
- Website
- https://canix.ca
PeeringDB records are maintained by the network operator and are not independently verified. Treat them as a statement of intent rather than of fact. For the observed and recorded view, see peering, which lists the exchanges Packet Clearing House has a port on file for.
Routing security
RPKI and IRR
- RPKI
- 100% valid · 2 valid, 0 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 2 authorising AS25870
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 100% registered · 2 of 2 announcements
- Route objects
- 5 naming AS25870
Reputation
Classification and threat
Hosting Datacenter or cloud provider. Addresses are servers, not people.
Spamhaus DROP
Not on ASN-DROP The network as a whole is not listed.
No DROP prefixes None of its announced space is on the DROP prefix list.
Spamhaus DROP ("Don't Route Or Peer") lists space and networks run by, or hijacked for, spam and cybercrime operations: 432 networks and 1,768 prefixes, as published 2026-10-12. A short, high-confidence list, so a match is worth taking seriously, and absence from it says little on its own.
FBI IC3
No IC3 indicators Nothing from the FBI IC3 feed.
IC3 threat data is alpha. Absence of an indicator is not evidence of good behaviour, only of absence from this one feed.
Elsewhere