Hurricane Electric

AS6939
Tier 1 Carrier/ISPTransit-Freehe.net→

Hurricane Electric operates the most peered network on the internet, ranking #1 globally by peer count with over 11,000 direct peers across 86+ Internet Exchange Points. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Fremont, California, HE provides IP transit, colocation, and dedicated internet services. HE is a pioneer in IPv6 deployment and operates the widely used bgp.he.net BGP toolkit and IPv6 certification program.

Overview written: 03/26/2026
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Routing & Connectivity
AS Cone Rank#9
Known Peers11,309
Prefixes v4234
Prefixes v640
IX Presence86+IXPs
RPKI ROVenabled
Avg Path Length2.3
Source: bgp.toolsbgp.tools verified 10/18/2026Avg path length from RouteViews (CC-BY 4.0, updated nightly)View live data on bgp.tools →
Operational Capabilities
BGP Communities
None
Flowspec
Not supported
RTBH
Supported
IPv6
Native dual-stack
Port Sizes
1G – 100G
Commit Model
Burstable (95th percentile) and committed data rate
Source: Carrier documentationCarrier-sourcedVerified 04/05/2026View BGP communities on bgp.tools →
Content Provider Reach
10 providers tracked
Google
AS15169
Direct peer
Amazon/AWS
AS16509
Direct peer
Microsoft/Azure
AS8075
Direct peer
Meta
AS32934
Direct peer
Cloudflare
AS13335
Direct peer
Source: bgp.tools adjacency dataAdjacency only — no quality assessmentVerified 10/18/2026View all peers on bgp.tools →
Routing Governance
RPKI ROA Coverage
~22%
of originated prefixes have valid ROAs
RPKI Route Origin Validation
enabled
Rejects RPKI-invalid routes
IRR Records
RADB + ARIN
~346 route objects registered
DDoS Mitigation
Basic (RTBH only, no scrubbing service)
RPKI: bgp.toolsIRR: IRR ExplorerVerified 04/02/2026
Facility Presence
307 locations (326 points of presence)
Verify This Data
bgp.tools
Live routing metrics, communities, RPKI
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PeeringDB
Peering policy, facilities, NOC contacts
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CAIDA AS Rank
Customer cone, provider/peer relationships
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RIPEstat
Routing history, BGP updates, path analysis
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bgp.he.net
Prefix list, peers, IX participation, IRR
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IRR Explorer
IRR objects, RPKI comparison, origin validation
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Hurricane Electric Looking Glass
Live route lookup from Hurricane Electric’s routers
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Hurricane Electric Website
Product pages, SLA terms, BGP community docs
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