AS42: IP address ranges and network type
AS42 holds 254 IPv4 segments covering 53,248 addresses across 101 countries, 28% of them in United States as of 14 September 2026. By usage type it is 78% datacenter and 22% gateway / NAT egress.
Network usage types in AS42
What kind of address space a network is made of decides what kind of proxy risk it carries: datacenter space is where hosting-based proxies and VPN exits live; residential broadband and mobile space is where home-broadband proxies and dial-up pools live. The share is by IPv4 segment.
| Usage type | Segments | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Datacenter | 21 | 77.8% |
| Gateway / NAT egress | 6 | 22.2% |
Countries where AS42 has addresses
Share of the network's IPv4 segments by the country each segment is located in. A network whose space is spread over many countries is usually a hosting or transit operator rather than a domestic broadband provider.
| Country / region | Segments | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 71 | 28.0% |
| Germany | 11 | 4.3% |
| Canada | 9 | 3.5% |
| Switzerland | 9 | 3.5% |
| China | 7 | 2.8% |
| Australia | 5 | 2.0% |
| France | 5 | 2.0% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 2.0% |
| Argentina | 4 | 1.6% |
| Mexico | 4 | 1.6% |
| South Africa | 4 | 1.6% |
| Spain | 3 | 1.2% |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1.2% |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1.2% |
| Philippines | 3 | 1.2% |
| Thailand | 3 | 1.2% |
| Brunei | 2 | 0.8% |
| Brazil | 2 | 0.8% |
| Colombia | 2 | 0.8% |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 0.8% |
| Other (81 countries) | 97 | 38.2% |
Look up a single address in AS42
Free, no signup: curl https://ip99.com/v1/ip/63.246.32.0 returns the country, ASN, usage type and a risk score for one address — see the API documentation. For scoring at volume, pricing; for what the score does and does not mean, what an IP risk score means.
Go deeper
How to tell whether an address is a proxy, VPN or datacenter · Rotating residential proxies and dial-up pools · Residential proxy exits observed this week · IP ranges by country
FAQ
How many IP addresses does AS42 have?
In the IP99 geolocation database AS42 holds 254 IPv4 segments covering 53,248 addresses as of 14 September 2026. Counts are by located segment, not by BGP announcement, so they can differ from a routing table.
Is AS42 a residential or a datacenter network?
78% of its IPv4 segments are classified as datacenter and 22% as gateway / NAT egress. The classification is per segment: one network can carry both kinds of space, which is why a lookup of the exact address is more useful than the network-level share.
Which countries does AS42 cover?
AS42 has addresses in 101 countries; the largest share is United States (28%), followed by Germany (4%).