Autonomous system
AS9179 FIDO-ANYCAST
Unclassified RIPE
Summary
Fido.net / FidoNet Registration Services
isp legacy
FIDO-ANYCAST is a UK network associated with Fido.net Limited / FidoNet Registration Services Ltd (the current RIPE holder object reads OfficeNet Systems Limited). Fido.net is a broadband, connectivity and hosting ISP based in East Sussex, England.
What it's used for
The AS announces 185.11.204.0/22 and 193.26.210.0/24 (~1,280 addresses) with a single observed neighbour. Sampled rDNS resolves to 185-11-204-N.as30909.net — the naming of Fido.net's other ASN (AS30909) — so the space rides Fido.net's own infrastructure. The ANYCAST handle suggests it also fronts anycast (likely DNS) service.
What it carries
Server/infrastructure-style naming rather than dynamic subscriber pools; this is a provider's own routed space, used for connectivity and hosted services.
Notable
- First seen in BGP in 2000; the
FIDOnaming ties back to the historic FidoNet store-and-forward network, though the operator today is a conventional UK ISP.
This description is AI-generated, best-effort context — not authoritative, and provided without any guarantee of accuracy. Source, and how to suggest an edit.
Address space
Summary
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| GB | United Kingdom | 1 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- RIPE
- Handle
AS9179- Registry name
- OFFICENET
- Registrant
- OFFICENET-MNT
- Abuse contact
- abuse@on.gg
- Registered
- 2001-12-27
- Last changed
- 2026-06-22
- Status
- active
Reputation
Classification and threat
Unclassified Not in the curated lists. Most of the ~80,000 allocated ASNs are not.
No IC3 indicators Nothing from the FBI IC3 feed.
Threat data is alpha. Absence of an indicator is not evidence of good behaviour, only of absence from this one feed.
Elsewhere