APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry administering IP addresses for the Asia Pacific
APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry administering IP addresses for the Asia Pacific
Centralized or distributed? Understanding modern router and AI fabric architectures
By Shishio Tsuchiya
Guest Post: How distributed forwarding and modern data plane architectures enable routers and AI fabrics to scale reliably and handle massive workloads without single points of failure.
RIR Governance Document second consultation summary report and next steps
By Hervé Clément
The summary of community feedback on the second version of the RIR Governance Document is available to view.
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Towards understanding city-level routing using BGP location communities
By Thomas Krenc
Guest Post: An inference method that exploits the spatial correlation between a network prefix’s origin, and the location of the router that attaches a location community.
Voting opens today on APNIC By-laws resolutions and APNIC EC election
By Sarah McAree
Cast your vote for the APNIC EC election and proposed amendments to the APNIC By-laws.
Upcoming keynotes and program highlights at APRICOT 2026
By Timothy Hildred
Gain new operational skills and insights, meet like-minded peers, and help shape the Internet at APRICOT 2026. Here's some of what you can look forward to.
IP address to organization name map
By Geoff Huston
Mapping Internet number resources from IP addresses to organizations is straightforward using whois or RDAP, but listing all resources held by a given organization is far more challenging. This post explores a simpler, data-driven approach using RIR extended statistics and reg-id identifiers.
Bangladesh’s network community comes together at bdNOG 20
By Pubudu Jayasinghe
At bdNOG 20, Bangladesh’s Internet community came together to share practical experience, address operational challenges, and strengthen local capacity for a more secure, IPv6-ready Internet.
APNIC community engagement: July-December 2025 in review
By Subha Shamarukh
How the Asia Pacific Internet community strengthened infrastructure, skills, and collaboration in the second half of 2025.