Autonomous system
AS37578 Tespok
Hosting AFRINIC Network Services
Summary
TESPOK
association peering nairobi industry
The AS handle Tespok is held by Telecommunication Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK).
What it's used for
- The space carries infrastructure for the industry body, with netnames registered as
ORG-TA38-AFRINICunder the TESPOK registrant. - The AS announces 512 IPv4 addresses across 2 prefixes and 3 IPv6 prefixes, while maintaining 7 observed neighbours, indicating a role focused on peering and interconnection rather than large-scale transit or residential access.
Notable
- The RDAP registrants for both announced IPv4 prefixes match the AS holder, Telecommunication Service Providers Association of Kenya - TESPOK.
- TESPOK operates the Nairobi Management Network (KIXP), a peering exchange serving the African region.
- The address inventory consists of two /24 blocks in the 196.6.220.0/24 and 196.49.22.0/24 ranges, alongside three /48 IPv6 prefixes.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya Internet Exchange Point - Nairobi | Nairobi, Kenya | 196.223.21.38 |
| Kenya Internet Exchange Point - Mombasa | Mombasa, Kenya | 196.60.68.54 |
Exchange presence is recorded rather than inferred: the directory collected by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data) on 2026-10-31, 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 · 512 addresses IPv6 3 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| KE | Kenya | 5 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- AFRINIC
- Handle
AS37578- Registry name
- ORG-TA38-AFRINIC
- Registrant
- Telecommunication Sevice Providers Association of Kenya - TESPOK
- Registered
- 2013-03-22
- Last changed
- 2022-07-23
- Allocation
- allocated
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- KIXP - Nairobi Management Network
- Network type
- Network Services
- Scope
- Africa
- Traffic ratio
- Balanced
- Peering policy
- Open
- Website
- https://www.tespok.co.ke/
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
- 40% valid · 2 valid, 3 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 2 authorising AS37578
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 100% registered · 5 of 5 announcements
- Route objects
- 5 naming AS37578
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: 447 networks and 1,845 prefixes, as published 2026-10-31. 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