Organization
Hughes Network Systems, LLC
DIRECPC-7BK-Q05
Location
Dallas
Texas, United States (US)
Hostname
—
Geolocation
United States (US) United States
- Country
- United States (US)
- Region
- Texas
- City
- Dallas
- Continent
- North America
- Coordinates
- 32.7767, -96.797 View on map ↗
Network Information
IP Range 72.168.0.0 – 72.171.255.255 CIDR 72.168.0.0/14 Network Name DIRECPC-7BK-Q05 Handle NET-72-168-0-0-1 Type DIRECT ALLOCATION Parent Network NET-72-0-0-0-0 Organization Hughes Network Systems, LLC Organization ID HNS Address 11717 Exploration Lane, DirecWAY Network Management Center, attn: Network Security Manager, Germantown, MD, 20876, United States Country United States (US) Registry ARIN Registered On Nov 23, 2005 Last Updated Feb 24, 2012 Status
active
ASN & Routing
Origin AS AS6621 AS Name HNS-DIRECPC - Hughes Network Systems, LLC, US Announced Prefix 72.170.238.0/24 AS Registry ARIN Prefix Country United States (US) Allocated 2005-11-23 RPKI Origin Valid (covered by a matching ROA)
Reverse DNS
No PTR record is published for this address.
Abuse Contact
Raw RDAP Response
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