Autonomous system
AS37157 IMAGINE
Residential ARIN Cable/DSL/ISP
Summary
Imagine IPS
isp residential cable dsl
The AS handle IMAGINE is operated by Imagine IPS, formerly known as Benwest Internet Services.
What it's used for
- The address space is registered under the netname
ORG-BISt1-AFRINICfor Benwest Internet Services ta Imagine IPS, indicating a single corporate entity managing the inventory. - With 3072 IPv4 addresses spread across 4 prefixes and 21 observed neighbours, the ratio suggests a regional access provider rather than a large transit backbone.
Notable
- All four announced prefixes share the same registrant, Benwest Internet Services ta Imagine IPS, confirming consistent ownership.
- The operator is identified in secondary sources as a Cable/DSL/ISP serving Africa, specifically Johannesburg, South Africa.
- The address inventory consists of four blocks within the 41.78.0.0/16 and 102.128.0.0/16 ranges.
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 2 exchanges in 1 country, largest first.
| Exchange | Location | Their address |
|---|---|---|
| NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg | Johannesburg, South Africa | 196.60.8.117 |
| Johannesburg Internet Exchange | Johannesburg, South Africa | 196.60.96.53 |
Exchange presence is recorded rather than inferred: the directory collected by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data) on 2026-10-26, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Transit is inferred from observed BGP paths, never declared by either party.
Address space
Summary
IPv4 2 prefixes · 3.07K addresses IPv6 0 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| ZA | South Africa | 2 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- ARIN
- Handle
AS37157- Registry name
- ORG-BISt1-AFRINIC
- Registrant
- Benwest Internet Services ta Imagine IPS
- Registered
- 2009-11-24
- Last changed
- 2024-01-17
- Allocation
- allocated
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- Imagine IPS
- Also known as
- Benwest Internet Services
- Network type
- Cable/DSL/ISP
- Scope
- Africa
- Traffic ratio
- Mostly Inbound
- Peering policy
- Open
- IRR as-set
AS-IMAGINEIPS- Present at
- 2 exchanges
- Website
- http://www.imagine.co.za
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 · 11 valid, 0 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 2 authorising AS37157
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 100% registered · 11 of 11 announcements
- Route objects
- 15 naming AS37157
Reputation
Classification and threat
Residential Fixed-line consumer ISP. Addresses here are homes.
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: 446 networks and 1,852 prefixes, as published 2026-10-27. 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