stance
Nightcoil Networks operates a single IPv6 point of presence in Manchester, UK. The autonomous system, the prefix, the routing objects and the peering policy are all real, all published, and all cross-linked below. Missing capabilities are named as missing rather than replaced with placeholders.
The scope is small on purpose. Adding locations without operational depth would be inflation, not growth.
footprint
- Locations
- 01 — Manchester, GB
- Autonomous system
- AS218652
- Address space
- 2a06:9801:1561::/48 (IPv6)
- IPv4
- Not carried
- RIR
- RIPE NCC
- Geographic scope
- Europe
- Public exchanges
- None direct — reached via upstream
- Facilities
- None owned — hosted at upstream POP
routing
Every announced route walks the same four-step path from origin to edge.
- 01
- Origin Prefix 2a06:9801:1561::/48 originates from AS218652. Single origin, single maintainer NIGHTCOIL-MNT.
- 02
- Validate RPKI ROA covers the prefix at max-length 48 (tight per RFC 9319). IRR route6 object filed under RIPE::AS218652:AS-NIGHTCOIL.
- 03
- Select Upstream applies IRR-filtered import. Prefix accepted only when origin and ROA agree.
- 04
- Deliver Transit via AS209735 (Lagrange), Manchester UK. Exchanges reachable through upstream: LINX Manchester, LONAP, RapidIX LON1.
topology
Logical view. Lines show peering relationships, not physical fibre paths.
DFZ
|
┌────┴────┐
│ HE + Inferno │
└────┬────┘
|
| default (::/0)
┌────┴────┐
│ AS209735 │
│ Lagrange │
│ Manchester │
└────┬────┘
| eBGP (v6 unicast)
| 2a0f:85c2:101::ff
┌────┴────┐
│ AS218652 │
│ Nightcoil │
│ nightcoil-one│
│ Manchester │
└────┬────┘
|
| originate
v
2a06:9801:1561::/48
verification
Check AS218652 without taking our word for it. Every claim above resolves to a public record.
- Autonomous system — RIPE aut-num AS218652
- Prefix registration — RIPE inet6num 2a06:9801:1561::/48
- Route object — RIPE route6 2a06:9801:1561::/48 AS218652
- IRR as-set — RIPE::AS218652:AS-NIGHTCOIL
- Organization — ORG-NNL52-RIPE
- Peering directory — PeeringDB asn/218652
- Route visibility — bgp.tools/as/218652
- RIS routing status — RIPEstat AS218652
- RPKI validity — rpki-client console
- Peering policy — nightcoil.net/peering
posture
- Addressing
- IPv6 unicast only
- Validation
- RPKI ROV signed & monitored
- Route control
- IRR-filtered import, tight ROA
- Peering
- Open, IPv6-only, no ratio, no contract
- Redundancy
- Single upstream — multi-home planned
- Anycast
- Not deployed
contact
Bring us the route or the circuit. You will speak with the engineer operating the underlying network.
- Peering
- [email protected]
- Abuse
- [email protected]
- General
- [email protected]