Data as of Nov 14, 2026

196.196.27.0/24

5 anonymizer addresses · 2.0% · VPN

Orion Network Limited · space held by Fiber Grid INC

Announcement
this exact prefix
No RPKI
Announced by
Type
Hosting
98% of it

Residential-proxy exits

Providers
1
selling exits here

Proxy providers listing exits

  • Ake.net
IPv4 market

Path

1 · Holder
2 · Leased from
not leased
3 · Announced by
AS41564 Orion Network Limited
since Apr 2020 · 6.6 yr ago
4 · Use
VPN servicesnamed NordVPN
Hosting

Operators, sellers and brokers

VPN services

NameParentIn 196.196.27.0/24/24s
NordVPNNord Security
52.0%
1

Lineage

How this block came to its use, oldest first. The whole IPv4 market →

196.196.27.0/24

From the registry to its use

  1. Mar 19, 2017– May 19, 2019
    Announced
    AS57858 Angelnet Limited
    Hosting
  2. Mar 15, 2020– Oct 16, 2020
    Announced
    AS37518 Fiber Grid INC
    as part of 196.196.0.0/16
    196.196.0.0/16
  3. Apr 20, 2020– today
    Announced
    AS41564 Orion Network Limited
    Hosting
  4. Apr 28, 2020
    Route object
    AS41564 Orion Network Limited
    RADB route object for AS41564 Orion Network Limited, maintainer MAINT-OIX1
  5. Jul 20, 2021– Nov 7, 2025
    Announced
    AS37518 Fiber Grid INC
    as part of 196.196.0.0/16
    196.196.0.0/16
  6. Apr 13, 2026– Nov 3, 2026
    Announced
    AS37518 Fiber Grid INC
    as part of 196.196.0.0/16
    196.196.0.0/16
  7. today
    Registry record
    Fiber Grid INC
    ALLOCATED PA
    196.196.0.0/16
  8. today
    Assigned
    SA
    ASSIGNED PA
    196.196.0.0/18
  9. today
    Used
    NordVPN
    VPN

Announcements

Less specific

Covering announcements

PrefixOriginTypeProxy exitsHolderRPKI
196.196.0.0/16
since Apr 2026
AS37518Hosting168
10 always on
Fiber Grid INC

Registrations in this block

The registry's network records over the announcement: those covering it, widest first, then every record inside it, under its parent.

RangeAddressesNetnameHolderTypeCreatedAbuse contact
196.196.0.0/1665,536FIBERGRID-20121121Fiber Grid INC (ORG-FGI1-AFRINIC) · SCALLOCATED PA——
└ 196.196.27.0/24256USCDNASSIGNED PA——

Composition

The types across the prefix's announced space, by addresses.

Announced space

Address share

Announced space

Types across the prefix

256 addresses
TypeAddressesShareRanges
Hosting25198%6
VPNanonymizer52.0%5

Network & registry

Routing timeline

Covering aggregate above, the prefix's own history below

Summary

Routing history

Pattern
Stable
First seen
Mar 2017
Current origin since
Apr 2020 · 6.6 yr
Origin networks
2
Last change of origin
Apr 2020
Recorded history

History

Handoffs
1