Network · AS217

AS217 University of Minnesota

AS217 (University of Minnesota) looks like an internet service provider, so its addresses are mostly real home, business or mobile connections.

Network check ASN

AS217

OwnerUniversity of Minnesota
KindInternet service provider
Servers, not peopleno
IPv4 addresses325,632
IPv4 ranges9
IPv6 ranges1

Risk score0

Nothing suspicious found.

Largest IPv4 ranges

160.94.0.0/16
134.84.0.0/16
131.212.0.0/16
128.101.0.0/16
146.57.0.0/17
146.57.128.0/18
146.57.192.0/19
146.57.224.0/20
146.57.240.0/21

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

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Detect it in code

Spot AS217 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 AS217

Is AS217 a datacenter or VPN network?

AS217 (University of Minnesota) looks like an internet service provider, so its addresses are mostly real home, business or mobile connections.

Who owns AS217?

AS217 is registered to University of Minnesota. It announces about 325,632 IPv4 addresses.

How do I detect traffic from AS217?

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.