Network · AS40956

AS40956 Northwood University

AS40956 (Northwood University) looks like an internet service provider, so its addresses are mostly real home, business or mobile connections.

Network check ASN

AS40956

OwnerNorthwood University
KindInternet service provider
Servers, not peopleno
IPv4 addresses768
IPv4 ranges3
IPv6 ranges0

Risk score0

Nothing suspicious found.

Largest IPv4 ranges

208.103.178.0/24
147.160.166.0/24
137.83.77.0/24

Ranges and owner from DB-IP (CC BY 4.0), updated 2026-10-22.

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Detect it in code

Spot AS40956 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 AS40956

Is AS40956 a datacenter or VPN network?

AS40956 (Northwood University) looks like an internet service provider, so its addresses are mostly real home, business or mobile connections.

Who owns AS40956?

AS40956 is registered to Northwood University. It announces about 768 IPv4 addresses.

How do I detect traffic from AS40956?

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.