ASN AS542 is an Autonomous System Number used to identify a network for BGP internet routing.

Who manages ASN AS542?

AS542 is listed under Alberta Research Council.

What do peers, upstreams, and downstreams mean in ASN data?

Peers are lateral network interconnections, upstreams are transit providers, and downstreams are customer networks receiving connectivity.

What are routes and IP ranges for an ASN?

Routes and IP ranges are the network prefixes announced by the ASN on the internet and show the address space it originates.

Why is WHOIS data shown for an ASN?

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AS542 Alberta Research Council

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Alberta Research Council albertainnovates.ca

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AS Data

AS542

AS542 – Alberta Research Council

AS Number	542
AS Name	ARNET
Organization	Alberta Research Council(arc-8)
Country	CA
Website	albertainnovates.ca
Number of IPv4 Routes	1
Number of IPv6 Routes	0
ASN type	BUSINESS
Registry	ARIN
Date Allocated	1989-10-11

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IP Ranges

Route	Origin	Origin Name	ISP	# IPs
128.144.0.0/20	AS542	Alberta Research Council	Alberta Research Council	4096

Raw Whois Response

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ASNumber:       542
ASName:         ARNET
ASHandle:       AS542
RegDate:        1989-10-11
Updated:        2000-01-28    
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/autnum/542


OrgName:        Alberta Research Council
OrgId:          ARC-8
Address:        Computing Department
Address:         250 Karl Clark Road
Address:         P.O. Box 8330, Postal Station F
City:           Edmonton
StateProv:      AB
PostalCode:     T6H 5X2
Country:        CA
RegDate:        1986-05-22
Updated:        2011-09-24
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ARC-8


OrgAbuseHandle: ZA28-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   Alberta Research Council
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-780-450-5172 
OrgAbuseEmail:  network@AlbertaInnovates.ca
OrgAbuseRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ZA28-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: TS194-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Penno, Ralph 
OrgTechPhone:  +1-403-461-2651 
OrgTechEmail:  Penno@arc.ab.ca
OrgTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/TS194-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: ZA28-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Alberta Research Council
OrgTechPhone:  +1-780-450-5172 
OrgTechEmail:  network@AlbertaInnovates.ca
OrgTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ZA28-ARIN

OrgAbuseHandle: TS194-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   Penno, Ralph 
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-403-461-2651 
OrgAbuseEmail:  Penno@arc.ab.ca
OrgAbuseRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/TS194-ARIN

RTechHandle: ZA28-ARIN
RTechName:   Alberta Research Council
RTechPhone:  +1-780-450-5172 
RTechEmail:  network@AlbertaInnovates.ca
RTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ZA28-ARIN


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# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/whois/tou/
#
# If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at
# https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/whois/inaccuracy_reporting/
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# Copyright 1997-2026, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd.
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Parsed Whois Response

Peers

AS Number	Description	Country
AS15296	Cybera Inc	CA

Upstreams

AS Number	Description	Country
AS15296	Cybera Inc	CA