Network · AS174

AS174 Cogent Communications

AS174 (Cogent Communications) looks like an internet service provider, so its addresses are mostly real home, business or mobile connections.

Network check ASN

AS174

OwnerCogent Communications
KindInternet service provider
Servers, not peopleno
IPv4 addresses24,525,584
IPv4 ranges8,780
IPv6 ranges541

Risk score0

Nothing suspicious found.

Largest IPv4 ranges

38.232.0.0/14
38.216.0.0/14
206.4.0.0/14
204.204.0.0/14
149.92.0.0/14
38.36.0.0/15
38.238.0.0/15
38.230.0.0/15
38.222.0.0/15
38.214.0.0/15
38.184.0.0/15
38.160.0.0/15

Ranges and owner from DB-IP (CC BY 4.0), updated 2026-10-21.

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Detect it in code

Spot AS174 traffic at signup.

Send the visitor's IP. The response includes the ASN, the owner and flags.hosting.

curl https://veqen-app.com/v1/ip/check \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEQEN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"ip": "203.0.113.7"}'

import os, requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://veqen-app.com/v1/ip/check",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['VEQEN_API_KEY']}"},
    json={"ip": "203.0.113.7"},
    timeout=10,
)
result = r.json()
print(result["risk"]["verdict"], result["risk"]["reasons"])

const res = await fetch("https://veqen-app.com/v1/ip/check", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VEQEN_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"ip": "203.0.113.7"}),
});
const result = await res.json();
console.log(result.risk.verdict, result.risk.reasons);

Questions

About AS174

Is AS174 a datacenter or VPN network?

AS174 (Cogent Communications) looks like an internet service provider, so its addresses are mostly real home, business or mobile connections.

Who owns AS174?

AS174 is registered to Cogent Communications. It announces about 24,525,584 IPv4 addresses.

How do I detect traffic from AS174?

Call the Veqen IP check with the visitor's address. The response includes the ASN, the owner and whether the network is a datacenter, VPN network, relay or ISP.