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AS57 Northern Lights GigaPoP 🇺🇸 US

University of Minnesota. Announcing 5 prefixes, seen at the RIS collectors.

IPv4 prefixes
4
2,816 (11 × /24)
IPv6 prefixes
1
1 × /32
Upstreams
7
transit providers observed
Peers
0
settlement-free adjacencies
Downstreams
19
transit customers observed
Customer cone
66
ASes reachable through it

Registry and operator data

AS number
AS57
Name
Northern Lights GigaPoP
Organisation
Northern Lights GigaPOP
Country
🇺🇸 US
RIR
ARIN
Allocated
1985-12-18
Network type
Educational/Research
Traffic levels
100-200Gbps
Scope
Regional
Peering policy
Open
IRR as-set
AS-NLG-PARTICIPANTS
Website
https://it.umn.edu/northern-lights-gigapop-introduction
PeeringDB
net/6717
Exchanges
1
Facilities
5

RPKI coverage of this AS

Its own announcements, validated against the current ROA set

1 valid (20.0%) 0 invalid (0.0%) 4 no ROA (80.0%)

Whois

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ASNumber:       57
ASName:         NL-GIGAPOP
ASHandle:       AS57
RegDate:        1985-12-18
Updated:        2021-11-08
Comment:        Northern Lights GigaPOP is operated by the University of Minnesota, Office of Information Technology.
Comment:
Comment:        Northern Lights GigaPOP provides Internet and Internet2 connectivity to Research, Education and Government entities in Minnesota and the surrounding region.
Comment:
Comment:        http://www.northernlights.gigapop.net/
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/autnum/57

OrgName:        University of Minnesota
OrgId:          UNIVER-233-Z
Address:        Office of Information Technology
Address:        2829 University Ave SE, Room 200G
City:           Minneapolis
StateProv:      MN
PostalCode:     55414
Country:        US
RegDate:        2009-10-13
Updated:        2026-08-26
Comment:        http://www.umn.edu/
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/UNIVER-233-Z

OrgNOCHandle: NTA-ORG-ARIN
OrgNOCName:   NTS - Technical Assistance Center
OrgNOCPhone:  +1-612-301-4357
OrgNOCEmail:  tac-nts-list@umn.edu
OrgNOCRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/NTA-ORG-ARIN

OrgAbuseHandle: UUIS-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   UIS - University Information Security
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-612-301-4357
OrgAbuseEmail:  abuse@umn.edu
OrgAbuseRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/UUIS-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: NTA-ORG-ARIN
OrgTechName:   NTS - Technical Assistance Center
OrgTechPhone:  +1-612-301-4357
OrgTechEmail:  tac-nts-list@umn.edu
OrgTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/NTA-ORG-ARIN