Network · AS6501

AS6501 The Southern Company

AS6501 (The Southern Company) looks like an internet service provider, so its addresses are mostly real home, business or mobile connections.

Network check ASN

AS6501

OwnerThe Southern Company
KindInternet service provider
Servers, not peopleno
IPv4 addresses98,304
IPv4 ranges4
IPv6 ranges0

Risk score0

Nothing suspicious found.

Largest IPv4 ranges

146.126.0.0/16
148.115.0.0/18
148.199.160.0/19
148.115.224.0/19

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

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Detect it in code

Spot AS6501 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 AS6501

Is AS6501 a datacenter or VPN network?

AS6501 (The Southern Company) looks like an internet service provider, so its addresses are mostly real home, business or mobile connections.

Who owns AS6501?

AS6501 is registered to The Southern Company. It announces about 98,304 IPv4 addresses.

How do I detect traffic from AS6501?

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.