Observed topology
AS37179 AFRICAINX
Transit
Upstream networks
Networks observed carrying traffic for AS37179: the AS immediately before it in a routing path. Ranked by how many paths showed the relationship, which reflects how widely it is used, not how much traffic crosses it.
| AS | Network | Type | Families | Paths seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS37100 | SEACOM Limited | Unclassified | IPv4 IPv6 | 466 |
| AS6939 | Hurricane Electric LLC | Transit | IPv4 | 72 |
| AS6774 | Belgacom International Carrier Services SA | Unclassified | IPv6 | 22 |
| AS24482 | SG.GS | Hosting | IPv4 IPv6 | 10 |
| AS3741 | Dimension Data | Unclassified | IPv4 | 9 |
| AS37721 | Virtual Technologies & Solutions | Residential | IPv4 | 9 |
Inferred from path position, not from any declaration by either party. A network appearing here is carrying these routes; whether that is a paid transit arrangement, a backup, or something else is not something routing data can tell you.
Transit
Downstream networks
Networks for which AS37179 was observed as the last hop before the origin, meaning it appears to provide them transit.
| AS | Network | Type | Families | Paths seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS37153 | Xneelo (Pty) Ltd | Hosting | IPv4 | 1,774 |
| AS37266 | Amobia Communications | Residential | IPv4 IPv6 | 1,313 |
| AS37333 | Comtel Communications | Residential | IPv4 IPv6 | 1,046 |
| AS37150 | Xnet Internet Services (Pty) Ltd | Residential | IPv4 IPv6 | 377 |
| AS328446 | Open Access Technologies (Pty) Ltd | Hosting | IPv4 | 166 |
| AS328837 | VTS Connect Pty Ltd | Hosting | IPv4 | 150 |
| AS329277 | e-centric Switch (Proprietary) Limited | Unclassified | IPv4 | 122 |
| AS328498 | Enabling ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd | Unclassified | IPv4 | 118 |
| AS37627 | Equation Business Solutions | Residential | IPv4 | 116 |
| AS327949 | Hollard Insurance | Unclassified | IPv4 | 61 |
| AS36242 | Network Foundations LLC | Unclassified | IPv4 | 61 |
| AS37413 | Hymax Talking Solutions | Unclassified | IPv4 | 61 |
| AS11179 | Aryaka Networks, Inc. | Hosting | IPv4 | 61 |
| AS328772 | Momentum Metropolitan Life Ltd | Unclassified | IPv4 | 61 |
| AS62044 | Zscaler Switzerland GmbH | Business | IPv6 | 37 |
| AS42473 | Anexia Cloud Solutions GmbH | Hosting | IPv4 IPv6 | 25 |
| AS328313 | GVSC Communications (SA) (Pty) Ltd | Unclassified | IPv4 | 21 |
| AS328507 | Open Link Communications | Residential | IPv4 IPv6 | 16 |
| AS37399 | Switch Telecom | Unclassified | IPv4 | 13 |
| AS37523 | AVOXI (PTY) LTD | Unclassified | IPv4 | 2 |
Adjacency
Adjacent networks
Every AS seen directly next to AS37179 in a routing path, in either direction.
| AS | Network | Type | Families | Paths seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS37100 | SEACOM Limited | Unclassified | IPv4 IPv6 | 6,901 |
| AS37153 | Xneelo (Pty) Ltd | Hosting | IPv4 | 2,934 |
| AS37266 | Amobia Communications | Residential | IPv4 IPv6 | 1,313 |
| AS37333 | Comtel Communications | Residential | IPv4 IPv6 | 1,046 |
| AS37150 | Xnet Internet Services (Pty) Ltd | Residential | IPv4 IPv6 | 377 |
| AS6939 | Hurricane Electric LLC | Transit | IPv4 IPv6 | 253 |
| AS328498 | Enabling ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd | Unclassified | IPv4 | 179 |
| AS328446 | Open Access Technologies (Pty) Ltd | Hosting | IPv4 | 166 |
| AS6774 | Belgacom International Carrier Services SA | Unclassified | IPv6 | 153 |
| AS328837 | VTS Connect Pty Ltd | Hosting | IPv4 | 150 |
| AS329277 | e-centric Switch (Proprietary) Limited | Unclassified | IPv4 | 122 |
| AS37627 | Equation Business Solutions | Residential | IPv4 | 116 |
| AS327949 | Hollard Insurance | Unclassified | IPv4 | 61 |
| AS37413 | Hymax Talking Solutions | Unclassified | IPv4 | 61 |
| AS36242 | Network Foundations LLC | Unclassified | IPv4 | 61 |
| AS11179 | Aryaka Networks, Inc. | Hosting | IPv4 | 61 |
| AS328772 | Momentum Metropolitan Life Ltd | Unclassified | IPv4 | 61 |
| AS3741 | Dimension Data | Unclassified | IPv4 | 45 |
| AS24482 | SG.GS | Hosting | IPv4 IPv6 | 42 |
| AS62044 | Zscaler Switzerland GmbH | Business | IPv6 | 37 |
| AS42473 | Anexia Cloud Solutions GmbH | Hosting | IPv4 IPv6 | 29 |
| AS328313 | GVSC Communications (SA) (Pty) Ltd | Unclassified | IPv4 | 21 |
| AS37721 | Virtual Technologies & Solutions | Residential | IPv4 | 20 |
| AS328507 | Open Link Communications | Residential | IPv4 IPv6 | 16 |
| AS37399 | Switch Telecom | Unclassified | IPv4 | 13 |
| AS37523 | AVOXI (PTY) LTD | Unclassified | IPv4 | 2 |
Adjacency is not the same as peering. Being next to each other in a path covers paid transit, settlement-free peering and customer connections alike, and routing data cannot distinguish them. Treat this as "these networks exchange routes", nothing more specific.
Interconnection
Exchange presence
Internet exchanges where Packet Clearing House has a port recorded for AS37179, largest fabric first. An exchange is shared switching where networks interconnect directly rather than paying a transit provider to carry traffic between them, so turning up at one is a deliberate choice about how this network wants to be reached. Each name opens that exchange's own page, with its peering LANs and every other network recorded on it. Recorded at 7 exchanges across 2 countries and 2 regions.
| Exchange | Location | Their address | Member ports |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINX LON1 | London, United Kingdom | 195.66.225.137 | 925 |
| NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg | Johannesburg, South Africa | 196.60.8.135 | 603 |
| NAPAfrica IX Cape Town | Cape Town, South Africa | 196.60.70.7 | 311 |
| Johannesburg Internet Exchange | Johannesburg, South Africa | 196.60.96.47 | 212 |
| NAPAfrica IX Durban | Durban, South Africa | 196.10.141.7 | 146 |
| Cape Town Internet Exchange | Cape Town, South Africa | 196.223.22.47 | 121 |
| Durban Internet eXchange | Durban, South Africa | 196.223.30.47 | 106 |
Unlike the tables above, this is recorded rather than inferred. An address on a peering LAN is at that exchange by definition. Two carve-outs all the same. Member ports counts every participant at the exchange, not this network's ports, so read it as a size proxy. And an absent exchange means PCH has no record of it, not that the network is not there.
Provenance
Where this comes from
Derived from routing tables collected at 2026-08-08 10:00 UTC by route-views2,rrc00, as seen from 75 BGP vantage points across 74.02M route entries. These are observations from those vantage points, not a complete or authoritative view of the internet.
Cross-check against RIPEstat or BGP.tools, which observe from a different and larger set of vantage points.
Exchange presence comes from a separate dataset: the directory collected 2026-08-09 by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data), covering 1,327 exchanges and 93,164 recorded member ports, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
PeeringDB is the better-known directory and is deliberately not the source here: its acceptable-use policy forbids the bulk storage this needs. The two answer different questions anyway. PeeringDB reports what an operator declares about itself; this reports what PCH has recorded.