Network · AS196902

AS196902 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

AS196902 (Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council) looks like an internet service provider, so its addresses are mostly real home, business or mobile connections.

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AS196902

  • OwnerDudley Metropolitan Borough Council
  • KindInternet service provider
  • Servers, not peopleno
  • IPv4 addresses256
  • IPv4 ranges1
  • IPv6 ranges1
Risk score0

Nothing suspicious found.

Largest IPv4 ranges

  • 193.105.48.0/24

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

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Detect it in code

Spot AS196902 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 AS196902

Is AS196902 a datacenter or VPN network?

AS196902 (Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council) looks like an internet service provider, so its addresses are mostly real home, business or mobile connections.

Who owns AS196902?

AS196902 is registered to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. It announces about 256 IPv4 addresses.

How do I detect traffic from AS196902?

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.