ASN AS26297 is an Autonomous System Number used to identify a network for BGP internet routing.

Who manages ASN AS26297?

AS26297 is listed under Howard County, Maryland.

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AS26297 Howard County, Maryland

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Howard County, Maryland howardcountymd.gov

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AS Data

AS26297

AS26297 – Howard County, Maryland

AS Number	26297
AS Name	HCGOV
Organization	Howard County, Maryland (hcm-55)
Country	US
Website	howardcountymd.gov
Number of IPv4 Routes	5
Number of IPv6 Routes	0
ASN type	GOVERNMENT
Registry	ARIN
Date Allocated	2014-01-30

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IP Ranges

Route	Origin	Origin Name	ISP	# IPs
165.140.212.0/22	AS26297	Howard County, Maryland	Howard County, Maryland	1024
167.102.188.0/22	AS26297	Howard County, Maryland	Howard County, Maryland	1024
167.102.191.0/24	AS26297	Howard County, Maryland	Howard County, Maryland	256
167.102.248.0/21	AS26297	Howard County, Maryland	Howard County, Maryland	2048
198.51.121.0/24	AS26297	Howard County, Maryland	Carroll Hospital Center, Inc.	256

Raw Whois Response

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ASNumber:       26297
ASName:         HCGOV
ASHandle:       AS26297
RegDate:        2014-01-30
Updated:        2025-10-27
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/autnum/26297


OrgName:        Howard County, Maryland
OrgId:          HCM-55
Address:        HOWARD COUNTY
Address:        3430 COURT HOUSE DR
City:           Ellicott City
StateProv:      MD
PostalCode:     21043
Country:        US
RegDate:        2012-09-21
Updated:        2026-06-26
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/HCM-55


OrgNOCHandle: BROAD129-ARIN
OrgNOCName:   Broadband Operations
OrgNOCPhone:  +1-410-313-2022 
OrgNOCEmail:  bb-ops@howardcountymd.gov
OrgNOCRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/BROAD129-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: BROAD129-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Broadband Operations
OrgTechPhone:  +1-410-313-2022 
OrgTechEmail:  bb-ops@howardcountymd.gov
OrgTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/BROAD129-ARIN

OrgAbuseHandle: BROAD130-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   Broadband Abuse
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-410-313-2022 
OrgAbuseEmail:  abuse-bb@howardcountymd.gov
OrgAbuseRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/BROAD130-ARIN

OrgDNSHandle: BROAD129-ARIN
OrgDNSName:   Broadband Operations
OrgDNSPhone:  +1-410-313-2022 
OrgDNSEmail:  bb-ops@howardcountymd.gov
OrgDNSRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/BROAD129-ARIN

OrgRoutingHandle: BROAD129-ARIN
OrgRoutingName:   Broadband Operations
OrgRoutingPhone:  +1-410-313-2022 
OrgRoutingEmail:  bb-ops@howardcountymd.gov
OrgRoutingRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/BROAD129-ARIN

RTechHandle: FORDM16-ARIN
RTechName:   Ford, Mark 
RTechPhone:  +1-410-313-3096 
RTechEmail:  mford@howardcountymd.gov
RTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/FORDM16-ARIN

RTechHandle: BROAD127-ARIN
RTechName:   Broadband Administrator
RTechPhone:  +1-410-313-0467 
RTechEmail:  lgmanning@howardcountymd.gov
RTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/BROAD127-ARIN

RTechHandle: MPE236-ARIN
RTechName:   English, Matthew Phillip
RTechPhone:  +1-410-313-3552 
RTechEmail:  menglish@howardcountymd.gov
RTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/MPE236-ARIN

RTechHandle: MILLE3209-ARIN
RTechName:   Miller, Nathan 
RTechPhone:  +1-410-313-3553 
RTechEmail:  nmiller@howardcountymd.gov
RTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/MILLE3209-ARIN


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Parsed Whois Response

{
  "status" : true,
  "whois_server" : "whois.arin.net",
  "aut_nums" : [ {
    "aut_num" : "26297",
    "as_handle" : "AS26297",
    "as_name" : "HCGOV",
    "admin_contacts" : [ "BROAD129-ARIN" ],
    "tech_contacts" : [ "BROAD129-ARIN", "BROAD129-ARIN", "FORDM16-ARIN", "BROAD127-ARIN", "MPE236-ARIN", "MILLE3209-ARIN" ],
    "abuse_contacts" : [ "BROAD130-ARIN" ],
    "date_created" : "2014-01-30",
    "date_updated" : "2025-10-27",
    "source" : "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/autnum/26297"
  } ],
  "organization" : {
    "handle" : "HCM-55",
    "name" : "Howard County, Maryland",
    "address" : [ "HOWARD COUNTY", "3430 COURT HOUSE DR", "Ellicott City", "MD", "21043", "US" ],
    "street" : "Court House Dr",
    "city" : "Ellicott City",
    "state" : "MD",
    "zip_code" : "21043",
    "country" : [ "US" ],
    "date_created" : "2012-09-21",
    "date_updated" : "2026-06-26",
    "source" : "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/HCM-55",
    "addressCountry" : "US"
  },
  "administrative_contacts" : [ {
    "handle" : "BROAD129-ARIN",
    "name" : "Broadband Operations",
    "email" : [ "bb-ops@howardcountymd.gov" ],
    "phone" : [ "+1-410-313-2022" ],
    "source" : "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/BROAD129-ARIN"
  } ],
  "technical_contacts" : [ {
    "handle" : "BROAD129-ARIN",
    "name" : "Broadband Operations",
    "email" : [ "bb-ops@howardcountymd.gov" ],
    "phone" : [ "+1-410-313-2022" ],
    "source" : "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/BROAD129-ARIN"
  }, {
    "handle" : "FORDM16-ARIN",
    "name" : "Ford, Mark",
    "email" : [ "mford@howardcountymd.gov" ],
    "phone" : [ "+1-410-313-3096" ],
    "source" : "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/FORDM16-ARIN"
  }, {
    "handle" : "BROAD127-ARIN",
    "name" : "Broadband Administrator",
    "email" : [ "lgmanning@howardcountymd.gov" ],
    "phone" : [ "+1-410-313-0467" ],
    "source" : "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/BROAD127-ARIN"
  }, {
    "handle" : "MPE236-ARIN",
    "name" : "English, Matthew Phillip",
    "email" : [ "menglish@howardcountymd.gov" ],
    "phone" : [ "+1-410-313-3552" ],
    "source" : "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/MPE236-ARIN"
  }, {
    "handle" : "MILLE3209-ARIN",
    "name" : "Miller, Nathan",
    "email" : [ "nmiller@howardcountymd.gov" ],
    "phone" : [ "+1-410-313-3553" ],
    "source" : "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/MILLE3209-ARIN"
  } ],
  "abuse_contacts" : [ {
    "handle" : "BROAD130-ARIN",
    "name" : "Broadband Abuse",
    "email" : [ "abuse-bb@howardcountymd.gov" ],
    "phone" : [ "+1-410-313-2022" ],
    "source" : "https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/BROAD130-ARIN"
  } ]
}

Peers

AS Number	Description	Country
AS6939	Hurricane Electric LLC	US
AS6461	Zayo Bandwidth	US
AS27026	networkMaryland	US

Upstreams

AS Number	Description	Country
AS6939	Hurricane Electric LLC	US
AS6461	Zayo Bandwidth	US
AS27026	networkMaryland	US

Contacts

Email Contacts

bb-ops@howardcountymd.gov

Abuse Contacts

abuse-bb@howardcountymd.gov