APNIC splits available IPv4 /22 into Indonesia and India delegations

APNIC's Free /22 Became Three Delegations in Two Countries

Why it matters

A single 1,024-address IPv4 range sat in APNIC's available pool on 3 November. The next daily file gives its first quarter to one Indonesian assignment, its second quarter to another, and its remaining half to an Indian allocation. The registry cut every address out of the free column.

Theo March3 November 2026Reading Time 2 minLast update: 3 November 2026

APNIC’s adjacent daily files replace one available /22 with two /24 assignments and one /23 allocation.

Summary

The 3 November APNIC original records 202.36.164.0, 1,024 IPv4 addresses, as available.
The 4 November APNIC original replaces that row with two ID /24 assignments and one IN /23 allocation, covering exactly the same interval.

The arithmetic is unusually clean. The 3 November row begins at 202.36.164.0, counts 1,024 addresses and says available. In the 4 November file, 202.36.164.0/24 and 202.36.165.0/24 each take 256 addresses under country code ID; 202.36.166.0/23 takes the remaining 512 under IN. There is no fourth fragment hiding at the edge. Three non-overlapping records consume the old /22 exactly.

The two Indonesian entries are assigned, dated 3 November, and carry different opaque holder IDs. The Indian /23 is allocated, dated 2 November, with a third ID. APNIC's status guide treats both assigned and allocated as delegated, while available space remains in its pool. Its exchange-format specification says the country code identifies the organization at allocation or assignment, not the place where packets travel. This file records administrative distribution, not a traffic map.

The exact APNIC RDAP record for the Indian /23 names handle DCPLIND and dates registration to 2 November at 22:59:38 UTC. The daily rows do not explain why that registration date precedes the two Indonesian row dates, or identify a common decision tying the three entries together. A dated APNIC allocation and assignment record would settle the sequence. For now, the public result is sharp: one free /22 became three delegations across two country codes, and not one address remained available in that interval.

Official records: APNIC address states; APNIC statistics format; exact /23 RDAP.