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// INDEPENDENT NETWORK OPERATOR

AS218506.net

My network. An open internet.
Built to connect.

A personal network and infrastructure project.
Exploring connectivity, running my own services,
and sharing what I learn along the way.

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INDEPENDENT & SELF-FUNDEDBASED IN NL · CONNECTED BY CURIOSITY
IPv4
0 prefixesOBSERVED IN RIS
IPv6
1 prefixOBSERVED IN RIS
Autonomous system
AS218506INDEPENDENT NETWORK
Home base
NetherlandsPERSONAL PROJECT
Telemetry
AvailableRIPE RIS SNAPSHOT

// Network

Explore network resources

Peering

Good connections start with a conversation. Find network details and get in touch.

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Looking glass

Explore BGP paths and route visibility through the RIPE RIS collectors.

Open looking glass

Network status

Check monitoring coverage, recent measurements and data freshness.

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// Field notes

All posts
OCT 06, 2026Project notes

A little piece of the internet

Why run a personal network? To understand it, build on it and share what happens along the way.

#network #as218506
OCT 06, 2026Operations

A status page should earn its green dots

Unknown is a useful state. A few principles for showing what is actually being measured.

#monitoring #selfhosted
OCT 06, 2026Routing

Reading a BGP view: context matters

What a public route collector can tell you — and why the source of a measurement matters.

#bgp #routing

// About

NETWORKS
INFRASTRUCTURE
SELF-HOSTED
OPEN INTERNET
AS218506

A personal network.
A bigger curiosity.

I believe the best way to understand the internet is to build a little piece of it. AS218506 is my space to explore routing, host services and connect with people who share that curiosity.

This is where I document the process: the infrastructure, the experiments and the things that did not work the first time.