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Life & fun · January 16, 2026

BGP Scout – BGP Network Browser

Hi HN, When working with BGP data, I kept running into the same friction: it’s easy to get raw data, but surprisingly hard to browse networks over time — especially by when they appeared, where they operate, and what they actually look like at a glance. I built a small tool, bgpscout.io, to scratch that itch. It lets you: Browse ASNs by registration date and geography See where a given network appears to have presence View commonly scattered public data about an ASN in one place Save searches to track when new networks matching certain criteria appear All of this data is public already; the…

BGP Scout – BGP Network Browser launched on January 16, 2026 with 27 votes, #659 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

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In plain words

BGP Scout is a browser for exploring BGP network data. It lets users search for autonomous system numbers by registration date and geography, view network presence across regions, and consolidate scattered public information about ASNs in one interface. Users can also save searches to monitor when new networks matching specific criteria appear. The tool aggregates publicly available BGP data to make network exploration faster than working with raw data sources directly.

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From the sources

BGPScout maps real-world BGP routing across 70,000+ networks - boomerang routes, peering gaps, RPKI - and answers routing questions directly through an MCP server built for AI assistants. 165+ tools for Claude, ChatGPT and other agents, built for ISPs and data centres.

Real-time BGP routing analysis across 70,000+ networks. Detect boomerang routes, map peering gaps, and find customers - backed by traceroute data from 30+ countries. RouteViews, RIPE RIS, PeeringDB and the RIRs already publish this data - it has been public for years. None of it can be handed to an AI assistant and asked a question in plain English. Closing that gap, not the data itself, is the product. BGPScout runs an MCP server - 165 tools your AI assistant can call directly. Ask a routing question in plain language and get a real answer, not a search result. "What is 8.8.8.8?" 8.8.8.0/24, announced by AS15169 (Google LLC). Mountain View, California, US. Allocated by ARIN 2023-12-28.…from bgpscout.io

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hi HN, When working with BGP data, I kept running into the same friction: it’s easy to get raw data, but surprisingly hard to browse networks over time — especially by when they appeared, where they operate, and what they actually look like at a glance. I built a small tool, bgpscout.io, to scratch that itch. It lets…

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