ANNOUNCE: bgptables.merit.edu - understanding visibility of your prefix/AS

Mon Jan 16 17:53:51 UTC 2012

Manish,

	Nice tool.

	Is it possible to see the "history" of a prefix?


Regards,
.as

	
On 13 Jan 2012, at 18:19, Manish Karir wrote:

> 
> All,
> 
> We would like to announce the availability of the bgpTables Project at Merit at: http://bgptables.merit.edu
> bgpTables allows users to easily navigate global routing table data collected via routviews.org.  bgptables
> essentially processes the data collected at routeviews and makes is available in a somewhat easier
> to use interface. The goal of bgpTables is to represent global prefix and AS visibility information from the
> vantage point of the various bgp table views as seen at routeviews. 
> The data is currently updated nightly (EST) but we hope to improve this over time. 
> Please see the FAQ (http://bgptables.merit.edu/faq.php) for some simple examples of how you can use bgpTables.
> 
> Some examples:
> - You can query for a specific ASN by entering the text 'as' followed by the AS number into the search box. For example to query for information about AS 237 you would enter 'as237' [without quotation marks] into the search box and then click 'search'. You can then use the view navigator map to switch to different routing table views for this ASN
> 
> - You can query for a specific prefix by directly entering the prefix into the search box. For example to query for information about prefix 12.0.0.0/8 you would simply enter '12.0.0.0/8' [without quotation marks] into the search box and then click 'search'. You can then use the view navigator map to switch to different routing table views for the prefix.
> 
> - You can find a particular prefix that you might be interested in by running a 'contained within' query via the search box. For example to quickly browse a list of prefixes contained within 1.0.0.0/8 to find the particular prefix you might be interested in, you can enter the text 'cw1.0.0.0/8' [without quotation marks] into the search box and click 'search'. You can then browse the resulting table to select the particular prefix you might be interested in.
> 
> - You can simply enter the text 'as' followed by the company name into the search box then click search to view a list of possible matches for that text. For example, to view all matching google ASNs you can simply enter 'asgoogle' into the search box and click search. A list of possible matching ASNs that reference Google by name will be returned from which you an then select the particular ASN that is of interest to you.
> 
> 
> Comments, corrections, and suggestions are very welcome.  Please send them to mkarir at merit.edu.  Hopefully folks will find this useful.
> 
> Thanks.
> -The Merit Network Research and Development Team
>