Who is AS197740?
AS197740 is an autonomous system identified by a public Autonomous System Number that participates in internet routing by exchanging reachability information with peer networks through exterior gateway protocols such as BGP.
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- IP network routing and BGP peering
- Internet transit and upstream connectivity
- Autonomous system and IP address space management
- Route policy controls and network resilience
- Interconnection with enterprise and service provider networks
More About AS197740
AS197740 is positioned as a routing identity within the global internet. An Autonomous System Number identifies a set of IP prefixes under a common administrative policy, and the organization that holds it determines how traffic enters, leaves, and transits its network. Enterprises, hosting providers, and network operators use this kind of identity when they connect to multiple upstream carriers, exchange traffic at internet exchange points, or announce their own address blocks to the wider internet.
The technical foundation for an autonomous system is the Border Gateway Protocol, which carries prefix announcements and path attributes between routers in different administrative domains. Operators typically pair BGP with route filtering, prefix validation, and monitoring tools to control which routes are accepted and advertised. Related practices include resource certification through the Resource Public Key Infrastructure and the use of Internet Routing Registry records to document routing intent. These mechanisms support traffic engineering, redundancy across carriers, and protection against route leaks and hijacks.
In enterprise and service provider environments, an autonomous system of this type supports connectivity that must remain available and predictable. Its significance lies in how it anchors multihomed architectures, enables independent routing decisions, and supports interconnection with cloud, content, and access networks. Comparisons with other network operator identities are most useful at the level of function: transit providers carry traffic for others, while edge or enterprise autonomous systems primarily announce their own prefixes and manage path selection for their own services.
Our description of AS197740. Updated October 2026.