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ASN LANDING PAGE
AS56
DNIC-AS-00056 - United States Department of Defense DoD
Last updated · Apr 4, 2026
Total prefixes
932
IPv4 prefixes
932
IPv6 prefixes
0
ASN summary
How to read the scale of AS56
DNIC-AS-00056 - United States Department of Defense DoD currently shows 932 prefixes and 2 upstream, downstream, or peer relationships. Larger prefix inventories often indicate broader network footprint, but they should still be read together with country and peering context.
When is an ASN page most useful?
ASN landing pages are more useful than a single IP page when you want cloud provider attribution, routing research, infrastructure comparison, or network topology analysis at the organization level.
How should you read the country, organization, and role of AS56?
DNIC-AS-00056 - United States Department of Defense DoD is currently associated with an unknown region. Country data is only a starting point; the more important signals are the organization name, website, prefix volume, and peering relationships that reveal whether the network behaves like a cloud platform, ISP, CDN, or enterprise backbone.
What should you inspect next after the AS56 page?
This page is currently showing live ASN data that can be used for peer, prefix, and network scale analysis. The most useful next step is usually to return to a related IP landing page, then compare that concrete address with this ASN profile and with broader topic pages for routing, cloud attribution, or WHOIS ownership analysis.
Search intents this ASN page helps cover
AS56 ASN lookupAS56 BGPAS56 peersAS56 prefixesAS56 upstreamsDNIC-AS-00056 - United States Department of Defense DoD ASN
Upstreams
Detailed data for this ASN is not available right now.
Downstreams
Detailed data for this ASN is not available right now.
Peers
Prefix inventory
| Prefix | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 128.26.111.0/24 | AS56 | — |
| 128.26.115.0/24 | AS56 | — |
| 129.141.0.0/16 | AS56 | — |
| 129.141.0.0/20 | AS56 | — |
| 129.141.112.0/20 | AS56 | — |
| 129.141.128.0/19 | AS56 | — |
| 129.141.16.0/20 | AS56 | — |
| 129.141.176.0/21 | AS56 | — |
| 129.141.184.0/21 | AS56 | — |
| 129.141.192.0/19 | AS56 | — |
| 129.141.32.0/20 | AS56 | — |
| 129.141.48.0/20 | AS56 | — |
| 129.141.64.0/20 | AS56 | — |
| 129.141.80.0/20 | AS56 | — |
| 129.141.96.0/21 | AS56 | — |
| 129.198.0.0/16 | AS56 | — |
| 129.238.0.0/16 | AS56 | — |
| 129.48.0.0/16 | AS56 | — |
| 129.51.100.0/24 | AS56 | — |
| 129.51.3.0/24 | AS56 | — |
| 129.51.5.0/24 | AS56 | — |
| 129.52.0.0/16 | AS56 | — |
| 129.53.0.0/16 | AS56 | — |
| 129.54.0.0/16 | AS56 | — |
| 129.54.112.0/20 | AS56 | — |
| 129.54.128.0/20 | AS56 | — |
| 129.54.144.0/21 | AS56 | — |
| 129.54.160.0/20 | AS56 | — |
| 129.54.184.0/21 | AS56 | — |
| 129.54.192.0/21 | AS56 | — |
| 129.54.200.0/21 | AS56 | — |
| 129.54.208.0/21 | AS56 | — |
| 129.54.224.0/21 | AS56 | — |
| 129.54.232.0/21 | AS56 | — |
| 129.54.240.0/21 | AS56 | — |
| 129.54.48.0/20 | AS56 | — |
| 129.54.64.0/21 | AS56 | — |
| 129.54.80.0/20 | AS56 | — |
| 129.54.88.0/23 | AS56 | — |
| 129.54.96.0/20 | AS56 | — |
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Frequently asked questions about this ASN page
What does AS56 represent?
AS56 is an autonomous system number used to identify an independently operated network. The current page associates it with DNIC-AS-00056 - United States Department of Defense DoD in an unknown region, which helps determine whether it behaves like a cloud provider, ISP, CDN, or enterprise backbone.
What are peers, upstreams, and prefixes useful for on the AS56 page?
They help explain the scale, interconnection depth, and route structure of AS56. Richer peering and upstream data often indicate broader network reach, but they should still be interpreted together with prefixes and related IP landing pages.
What should you do after reviewing AS56?
The best next step is usually to return to a concrete IP landing page to see how a specific address maps into AS56, then continue into cloud, WHOIS, or routing topic pages to understand the network in a broader context.
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