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AS16491 — VIASAT - ViaSat, Inc.(US)

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AS16491 is an Autonomous System operated by VIASAT - ViaSat, Inc. and registered in US. As of Thu, 21 May 2026 14:45:49 GMT, it announces 33 routed IP prefixes and peers with 10 other Autonomous Systems in the WhisperGraph BGP dataset.

Nutrition Label

WHISPER CANON · AS16491Routing diversity7.6/10Peering density4.2/10MOAS conflict✓ noneThreat-feed listingsWHOIS transparencyResolver footprintcanon.whisper.security/asn/16491

Routing footprint

AS16491 announces 33 distinct routed prefixes. The 25-prefix sample below links to per-prefix pages with full conflict and reverse-DNS detail.

Peering ecosystem

10 distinct peers via BGP. The first 10 are listed below.

Peer ASNOperatorCountry
AS209CENTURYLINK-US-LEGACY-QWEST - CenturyLink Communications, LLCUS
AS46887CROWNCASTLE-AS46887 - Crown Castle Fiber LLCUS
AS46536VIASAT-CARLSBAD - ViaSat, Inc.US
AS40306VIASAT-3 - ViaSat,Inc.US
AS38195SUPERLOOP-AS-AP SuperloopAU
AS22773ASN-CXA-ALL-CCI-22773-RDC - Cox Communications Inc.US
AS8220COLT COLT Technology Services Group LimitedGB
AS6939HURRICANE - Hurricane Electric LLCUS
AS6461ZAYO-6461 - Zayo BandwidthUS
AS3356LEVEL3 - Level 3 Parent, LLCUS

Blast radius

Approximate count of dependent hostnames if AS16491 disappeared from the routing table.

Blast radius: Computing — check back later. The precompute pipeline refreshes this panel within a few days.

MOAS / hijack watch

Prefixes routed by AS16491 that another Autonomous System also announces. A non-empty list is one of the strongest BGP-hijack signals available without active probes.

No active MOAS conflicts. Every prefix announced by AS16491 is unique to AS16491 in the current routing snapshot.

Threat posture

Related pages

Pivot deeper into the graph from AS16491.

Cypher and MCP

Reproduce the headline metric directly against graph.whisper.security:

MATCH (a:ASN {name: "AS16491"})-[:HAS_NAME]->(n:ASN_NAME)
OPTIONAL MATCH (a)-[:HAS_COUNTRY]->(c:COUNTRY)
RETURN a.name AS asn, n.name AS operator, c.name AS country

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