Autonomous system
AS5418 NERDNET-AS Research platform for Nerds
Unclassified RIPE Non-Profit
Summary
nerdnet
other legacy
NERDNET-AS describes itself in the RIPE database as a "Research platform for Nerds", registered to nerdnet in The Hague, Netherlands. The same object records that the ASN was formerly used by IXE (Internet Exchange Europe B.V.).
What it's used for
- A small experimental / research network: a single /24-sized block used for hands-on routing and internet-infrastructure work rather than for commercial service.
Notable
- Very small footprint (a few hundred IPv4 addresses) and a hobbyist framing, which puts it in a different category from the commercial carriers occupying neighbouring AS numbers.
- The handle is a good reminder that a low AS number tells you when the number was handed out, not who holds it now — this one has already changed hands from an exchange operator to a research platform.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neutral Internet Exchange | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 193.239.116.23 |
Transit providers
13 upstream, 0 downstream and 13 adjacent networks observed; most-used upstreams first.
Exchange presence is recorded rather than inferred: the directory collected by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data) on 2026-10-13, 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 0 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| NL | Netherlands | 1 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- RIPE
- Handle
AS5418- Registry name
- NERDNET-AS
- Registrant
- OPENPEERING-MNT
- Abuse contact
- erik@nerdnet.nl
- Registered
- 1970-01-01
- Last changed
- 2017-11-15
- Allocation
- allocated
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- NerdNet
- Network type
- Non-Profit
- Scope
- Regional
- Traffic ratio
- Balanced
- Peering policy
- Selective
- Present at
- 2 exchanges
- Facilities
- 4 facilities
- Website
- https://www.nerdnet.nl
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 · 1 valid, 0 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 2 authorising AS5418
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 100% registered · 1 of 1 announcements
- Route objects
- 2 naming AS5418
Reputation
Classification and threat
Unclassified Not in the curated lists. Most of the ~80,000 allocated ASNs are not.
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: 436 networks and 1,771 prefixes, as published 2026-10-13. 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