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AS40156 The Optimal Link Corporation

AS40156 (THEOPT-HOU) is registered to The Optimal Link Corporation in US, through ARIN. It originates 13 prefixes in the global routing table.

10
IPv4 prefixes
3
IPv6 prefixes
11,008
IPv4 addresses
46%
RPKI valid

Who holds AS40156

Names from RIPE NCC’s daily list of every allocated AS number. The ASN lookup fetches the full WHOIS record live.

AS number
AS40156
Handle
THEOPT-HOU
Organization
The Optimal Link Corporation
Country
US
Registry
ARIN
ASPA
None published
WHOIS recordARIN
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ASNumber:       40156
ASName:         THEOPT-HOU
ASHandle:       AS40156
RegDate:        2006-08-02
Updated:        2013-02-06
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/autnum/40156


OrgName:        The Optimal Link Corporation
OrgId:          THEOPT-2
Address:        363 N Sam Houston Pkwy E #1100
City:           Houston
StateProv:      TX
PostalCode:     77060
Country:        US
RegDate:        2002-01-24
Updated:        2024-11-25
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/THEOPT-2


OrgTechHandle: OPLIN2-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Oplink Abuse
OrgTechPhone:  +1-281-445-9800 
OrgTechEmail:  abuse@oplink.net
OrgTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/OPLIN2-ARIN

OrgAbuseHandle: OPLIN2-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   Oplink Abuse
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-281-445-9800 
OrgAbuseEmail:  abuse@oplink.net
OrgAbuseRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/OPLIN2-ARIN


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What AS40156 announces

Prefixes originated by AS40156 in the RouteViews table (refreshed every four hours), each checked against the RPKI (every ten minutes) and the IRR (daily).

IPv4 prefixes
10
IPv6 prefixes
3
IPv4 addresses
11,008 (43 /24s)
RPKI valid
6 46%
RPKI invalid
0
RPKI not found
7
ROAs naming AS40156
6
With an IRR route object
11 84%

Announced prefixes

Each opens its own page: who announces it, the paths our collectors see, its ROAs and route objects.

Who AS40156 is reached through

The AS just before AS40156 in the paths our looking glass collectors hold, for 13 of its prefixes. Usually a transit provider, sometimes a peer. The number is how many of those prefixes it was seen on.

Routing registry objects

From the mirrored IRR databases (RADB, the five RIRs and more). Look it up live.

Sourceas-nameMaintained by
ARINTHEOPT-HOUMNT-THEOPT-2

Route objects with origin AS40156: ARIN 7 · RIPE 3 · RADB 1

as-sets that list AS40156 (3)