Autonomous system
AS9667 HOSTWORKS-AS-AP - 5G NETWORK OPERATIONS PTY LTD
Hosting APNIC Content
Summary
5G Network Operations (Hostworks)
hosting enterprise legacy
AS9667 (HOSTWORKS-AS-AP) is registered to 5G Network Operations Pty Ltd, the operating entity of the ASX-listed Australian managed-services and data-centre group 5G Networks (5GN). The handle preserves the name of Hostworks, the Adelaide-based managed hosting provider whose network this originally was; Hostworks was acquired from Inabox by 5G Networks and folded into the group.
What it's used for
This is a managed-hosting and enterprise network, not an eyeball ISP. RIS sees 8 IPv4 prefixes carrying 8,448 addresses and no IPv6, anchored on a single 202.58.32.0/19 block with a handful of more-specific /22s, /23s and /24s carved out of it. Just 1 observed BGP neighbour puts it firmly at the edge of the routing graph: a single-homed customer network taking transit rather than a carrier selling it. The reverse DNS is the giveaway for its role: names such as hwmailrelay02.hostworks.net.au and tpstream1.hostworks.com.au are infrastructure hostnames (mail relay, streaming) under the Hostworks domains, the signature of hosted platforms and managed services running for corporate customers rather than of subscriber access lines. One out-of-block prefix, 180.94.113.0/24, carries PTRs under aptel.com.au, a separate Australian telecom domain, so at least part of the space is carrying a distinct customer or brand.
Notable
- The registry handle and the holder name disagree only because of corporate history: the network is Hostworks' original address space, now operated by 5GN.
- Small, deliberately concentrated inventory: one legacy /19 plus deaggregates, with no IPv6 announced.
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
No exchange port on file. Many exchanges publish no participant list, so this is not proof of absence.
Transit providers
1 upstream, 0 downstream and 1 adjacent networks observed; most-used upstreams first.
| AS | Network | Paths seen |
|---|---|---|
| AS63956 | 5G NETWORK OPERATIONS PTY LTD | 401 |
Exchange presence is recorded rather than inferred: the directory collected by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data) on 2026-11-08, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Transit is inferred from observed BGP paths, never declared by either party.
Address space
Summary
IPv4 6 prefixes · 2.56K addresses IPv6 0 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| AU | Australia | 6 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- APNIC
- Handle
AS9667- Registry name
- HOSTWORKS-AS-AP
- Registrant
- 5G NETWORK OPERATIONS PTY LTD
- Abuse contact
- noc@5gn.com.au
- Registered
- 2008-09-04
- Last changed
- 2020-07-15
- Allocation
- allocated
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- Hostworks
- Network type
- Content
- Scope
- Australia
- Traffic ratio
- Heavy Outbound
- Peering policy
- Open
- Website
- http://www.hostworks.com.au
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 · 8 valid, 0 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 7 authorising AS9667
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 100% registered · 8 of 8 announcements
- Route objects
- 99 naming AS9667
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: 455 networks and 1,854 prefixes, as published 2026-11-09. 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