AS Details Page

Every Autonomous System (AS) is detailed in KMI on a multi-tabbed page that enables deeper drill-down into specific information for individual networks.

The details page for each AS includes the following UI elements:

• Breadcrumbs (on subnav): Text indicating your current location on the Kentik portal. The Autonomous System Number (ASN) of the AS is displayed. Clicking Kentik Market Intelligence brings you to the KMI landing page.

• Share (on subnav): A button linking you to the Share dialog to share the current view (see Sharing via the Share Dialog(opens in new tab)).

• Actions (on subnav): A button that allows you to export and manage subscriptions to KMI exports (see KMI Actions Menu and AS Details Export Types).

• AS title bar: The logo, name, country, and ASN of this AS.

• View in Network Explorer: A button that takes you to the Traffic tab of this AS’s Details page in Network Explorer (see Traffic Tab).

• View PeeringDB Record: A button that takes you to the PeeringDB tab of this AS’s Network Explorer Details page (see PeeringDB Info Tab).

• Search by: A field into which you can enter an ASN or AS name to return a dropdown list of matching ASes. You can click an AS in the resulting list to go to the KMI Details page for that AS.

• Tabs: A set of tabs presenting different types of information about the AS (Overview, Rankings, Markets, Customers & Providers, and Peers). The charts and tables on each tab are covered in the topics below.

• Filter bar: A filter bar at the top of each tab enables you to define the scope of the information presented on the tab (see KMI Filter Bar). To see which controls are included on which tab, see Filter Controls by Tab.

  Note: Filter bar settings are retained from page to page, including from the landing page to a Details page (and vice versa) as well as from one Details page to another.

AS Details Export Types

AS details export types include:

• Top ASN Insights: An export focused on tracking BGP events and connectivity changes for a single network, identified by its ASN.

• Customers & Providers: Displays the upstream providers and downstream customers for a selected AS, and highlights which of those are shared with your own network.

• Peers: Displays the peering relationships for a specific AS.

When you click Customers & Providers, the Market Intelligence CSV Export dialog appears for further configuration. You can configure and generate a Customer & Providers Export from this dialog.

When you click Top ASN Insights or Peers, a report automatically generates.

All exports are downloaded in CSV format.

Generate a Customers & Providers Export

You can generate a Customers & Providers Export through the AS Details page by configuring the Market Intelligence CSV Export dialog for that view.

1. From the AS Details Page, click Actions » Export » Customers & Providers.

2. (Optional) Select one or more of the following values.

   Value	Description
   Include Providers	If checked, providers data is included in the export; otherwise only customers data is included.
   Exclude Mutual Customers	Exclude from the data from any customers that are common to the AS and your own network.
   Only Single-Homed Customers	Include in the data only the AS's single-homed customers. Single-homed customers are those with a single upstream provider. In practice, this is a good way to pitch your own network as an additional source of routing diversity.

3. Click Export to generate the report.

AS Overview Details

The Overview tab of the AS Details page provides a high-level look (visualized in charts) at metrics for this AS, which are each compared (when presented as a bar graph) with the same metric for your own network. The KMI Filter Bar includes scope controls for IP Address Family, Geo Market, and Ranking Type, and Comparison ASN (see Filter Controls by Tab). Unless noted below, each chart will update when you make changes to the filter controls.

The following panes and charts are included on this tab:

• Footprint: Displays bar charts comparing the geographical distribution of traffic on this AS with that of your own network:

  • Regions: The number of regions from/to which the AS transits traffic.

    Note: This chart is not affected by the Geo Market or Ranking Type filter settings.

    • Countries: The number of countries (identified via GeoIP data for the prefix being transited) from which the AS transits traffic.

• Providers: Displays the Provider Count by Month line chart, which shows the AS’s upstream provider count for the last 12 months.

  Notes:

  • If there are no upstream providers (e.g., the AS is part of the Transit Free Zone), the chart is not displayed.

  • The provider count on the graph’s Y axis may be truncated and as such, may not start at zero.

  • This chart is not affected by the Ranking Type filter setting.

• Customers: Displays charts showing current and historical data about the AS’s customers (see Overview Customers Charts).

• Prefixes/IPs: This section shows the originated and transited prefixes and IPs for the AS (see Overview Prefixes Charts).

• Top Insights: A pane that lists insights related to this AS (see Top Insights). The configuration of the pane when you arrive at the AS Details page will be the same as it was on the KMI landing page. If you change the configuration (see Top Insights Configuration), the updated configuration remains when you return to the KMI page.

Overview Customers Charts

The Customers pane of the Overview tab includes the following charts:

• Customers: The number of ASes identified as customers of this AS compared with your own network.

• Single-Homed Customers: The number of ASes identified as single-homed customers of this AS (see Single Homed ASes) compared with your own network.

• Customer Count by Month: A stacked area chart that shows both single-homed and multi-home customer counts for the AS over the last 12 months (hover over any point of the graph to see exact values and to see which points are single or multi-home).

  Note: The customer count on the graph’s Y axis may be truncated and as such, may not start at zero.

• Customer Base Split: A breakdown of the AS's customers by customer type (retail, wholesale, or backbone).

  Note: This chart is not affected by the Ranking Type filter setting.

Overview Prefixes Charts

The Prefixes/IP pane of the Overview tab includes the following charts:

• Transited Prefixes: A bar chart comparing, for this AS and your own network, the number of unique prefixes received from another network and passed to a downstream network.

• Transited IPs: A bar chart comparing, for this AS and your own network, the number of unique IPs received from another network and passed to a downstream network.

• Originated Prefixes: A bar chart comparing, for this AS and your own network, the number of unique prefixes originated (owned and announced).

• Originated IPs: A bar chart comparing, for this AS and your own network, the number of unique IPs originated (owned and announced) by this AS.

• Transited Prefix Distribution: A histogram that breaks down the distribution of the transited prefixes for the current month that are shown in the Transited Prefixes graph (above). The darker the color on the histogram, the more prefixes are being represented (hover over the bottom number to see the exact number for that prefix).

• Originated Prefix Distribution: A histogram that breaks down the distribution of the originated prefixes for the current month that are shown in the Originated Prefixes graph (above). The darker the color on the histogram, the more prefixes are being represented (hover over the bottom number to see the exact number for that prefix).

Note: Origination data (Originated Prefixes, Originated IPs, and Originated Prefix Distribution visualizations) will not appear when the KMI Ranking Type is Customer Base: Wholesale or Customer Base: Backbone.

Single Homed ASes

An AS is single-homed — or "critically dependent" — when it relies on a single upstream provider for internet connectivity. Because this sole provider represents a single point of failure, any disruption completely isolates the single-homed network from the internet.

Because these networks depend exclusively on a single transit provider, they are prime targets for KMI’s prospecting tools. Sales and account teams can use KMI to identify competitors' single-homed customers and pitch their own network as a secondary connection to establish vital routing diversity.

AS Rankings Details

The Rankings tab of the AS Details page provides a high-level look (visualized in charts and tables) at the customer and peering ranking for the selected AS. The KMI Filter Bar includes scope controls for IP Address Family, Geo Market, Ranking Type, and Comparison ASN (see Filter Controls by Tab).

Rankings Details Charts

Each chart on the Rankings tab measures the selected ranking (Customer Base or Peering) on the graph’s Y axis, which may be truncated and as such, may not start at zero. The Y axis also starts with lower values at the top of the chart increasing as it moves down to meet the X axis. The following charts are included on this tab:

• Customer Base Ranking by Month: A line graph that shows the AS’s Customer Base Ranking for the last 12 months (see KMI Ranking Type). Hover over any point of the graph to see exact values.

• Peering Ranking by Month: A line graph that shows the AS’s Peering Ranking for the last 12 months (see KMI Ranking Type). Hover over any point of the graph to see exact values.

Rankings Details Tables

The tables of the Rankings tab (Customer Base, Peering, and Customer Growth) each include the highest-ranked AS in the category (labelled as Top), the AS whose details page you’re viewing, the five ASes immediately above and below the selected AS (when possible), and your own ASes (labelled as My Network). If neither the selected AS nor your own AS is ranked, the top 10 ASes for that table will display and both your AS and the featured AS will display at the bottom of the table (labelled as No Ranking). Click any AS in a table to switch to the Rankings tab for that AS.

The following tables are included on this tab:

• Customer Base: This table shows where this AS (outlined in blue) falls in the overall rankings for Customer Base (see KMI Ranking Type).

• Peering: This table shows where this AS (outlined in blue) falls in the overall rankings for Peering (see KMI Ranking Type).

• Customer Growth: This table shows where this AS (outlined in blue) falls in the overall rankings for Customer Growth (see KMI Ranking Type).

AS Markets Details

The Markets tab of the AS Details page shows the strength of this AS by geographical market, based on a count of IP space in each market. This geo markets breakdown is represented with the following UI elements:

• Continents gauge: A horizontal bar chart showing this AS's share of customer IP space in each continent.

• Heatmap: A world map in which the color applied to each country indicates the IP space announced to this AS as a percent of the total IP space announced to all ASes operating in that country.

• Countries list: A list of the countries, grouped by region, in which this AS has customer networks, with a count of the customers in each country.

AS Customers & Providers

The Customers & Providers tab of the AS Details page identifies the providers upstream of the AS and the customers downstream and shows you which of those are common to your network. The tab includes the following charts and tables:

• Providers chart: A bar chart comparing this AS with your own network in terms of the number of upstream providers.

• Customers chart: A bar chart comparing this AS with your own network in terms of the number of downstream customers.

• Providers list: A table listing the upstream providers to this AS (see Providers List).

• Customers list: A table listing the downstream customers of this AS (see Customers List).

Providers List

The Providers list is a table listing the upstream providers to this AS. The list includes the following elements:

• Number: An indicator, displayed to the right of the heading, of the number of providers listed, which is the total number of providers unless the list is filtered with the following controls.

• Mutual selector: A dropdown with which you choose which providers the list includes:

  • All Including: All providers to this AS.

  • Only: Only providers in common to this AS and your network.

  • Exclude: Only providers not in common.

• Filter field: Filters the list to providers whose name or ASN includes the entered text.

Note: If the AS is part of the Transit Free Zone, the Providers list is replaced by a notification that the AS has no upstream providers.

Customers List

The Customers list is a table listing the downstream customers of this AS. The list includes the following elements:

• Number: An indicator, displayed to the right of the heading, of the number of customers listed, which is the total number of customers unless the list is filtered with the below controls.

• Mutual selector: A dropdown with which you choose which providers the list includes:

  • All Including: All customers of this AS.

  • Only: Only customers in common to this AS and your network.

  • Exclude: Only customers not in common.

• Single Homed selector: A dropdown with which you choose which providers the list includes:

  • All Including: All customers of this AS.

  • Only: Only customers that are single-homed.

  • Exclude: Only customers that are not single-homed.

• Filter field: Filters the list to customers whose name or ASN includes the entered text.

Providers and Customers Rows

Each row of both the Providers list and the Customers list includes the following information:

• Ranking: The ranking of the AS among the total listed providers or customers. If you filter either list using a selector (Mutual or Single Homed), the filtered ASes will display their original ranking as it was displayed in the full list of ASes.

• Name: The name of the AS.

• ASN: A lozenge giving the AS number of the provider or customer. Click the lozenge to open a popup that includes the AS’s country of registration and links to related destinations in Kentik (see ASN in Ranking Over Time List).

• Mutual or Single Homed: A lozenge that's displayed to the left of the % of top score bar chart when the AS has a mutual or single-homed provider or customer.

• % of top score: A horizontal bar chart illustrating the percentage of the top score (in blue) for the provider or customer. Hover over the bar to see an exact percentage.

AS Peers Details

The Peers tab of the AS Details page shows a chart comparing the AS's peers with your own, and a Selected Peers list. Scope controls are provided for IP Version, Geo Market, and Comparison ASN (see KMI Filter Bar). The tab includes the following charts and tables:

• Total Peers: A chart comparing the AS's total count of peers with your own organization’s peers. Use the Comparison ASN control (see KMI Filter Bar) to change which of your organization’s AS’s is compared.

• Selected Peers: A table listing the ASes with which this AS peers. The list includes the following controls and information:

  • Filter field: Filters the list to peers whose name or ASN includes the entered text.

  • Name: The name of the AS.

  • ASN: A lozenge giving the AS number of the provider. Click the lozenge to open a popup that includes the AS’s country of registration and links to related destinations in Kentik (see ASN in Ranking Over Time List).

  • Prefixes: The number of unique prefixes announced.

    Note: Click any row of the table to go to the Peers tab on the selected AS’s KMI details page.