13 Root Name servers
There are 13 Root Name servers are situated around the world. As the picture shown above Root name servers starts from Capital letter A to M.
10 servers were originally in the United States , Some are now operated via any-cast.
3 Servers were originally in Stockholm(I), Amsterdam(K) and Tokyo(M)
There are 13 Root Name servers are situated around the world. As the picture shown above Root name servers starts from Capital letter A to M.
10 servers were originally in the United States , Some are now operated via any-cast.
3 Servers were originally in Stockholm(I), Amsterdam(K) and Tokyo(M)
| Letter | IPv4 address | AS-number | Old name | Operator | Location #sites (global/local) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 198.41.0.4 | AS26415 | ns.internic.net | Verisign | Distributed usinganycast 6/0 | ||
| B | 192.228.79.201 | AS4 | ns1.isi.edu | USC-ISI | Marina Del Rey, California, U.S. 0/1 | ||
| C | 192.33.4.12 | AS2149 | c.psi.net | Cogent Communications | Distributed usinganycast 6/0 | ||
| D | 199.7.91.13 | AS27 | terp.umd.edu | University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland, U.S. 1/0 | ||
| E | 192.203.230.10 | AS297 | ns.nasa.gov | NASA | Distributed usinganycast 1/11 | ||
| F | 192.5.5.241 | AS3557 | ns.isc.org | Internet Systems Consortium | Distributed usinganycast 2/47 | ||
| G | 192.112.36.4 | AS5927 | ns.nic.ddn.mil | Defense Information Systems Agency | Distributed usinganycast 6/0 | ||
| H | 128.63.2.53 | AS13 | aos.arl.army.mil | U.S. Army Research Lab | Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, U.S. 2/0 | ||
| I | 192.36.148.17 | AS29216 | nic.nordu.net | Netnod | Distributed usinganycast 38 | ||
| J | 192.58.128.30 | AS26415 | Verisign | Distributed usinganycast 63/7 | |||
| K | 193.0.14.129 | AS25152 | RIPE NCC | Distributed usinganycast 5/13 | |||
| L | 199.7.83.42 | AS20144 | ICANN | Distributed usinganycast 107 | |||
| M | 202.12.27.33 | AS7500 | WIDE Project | distributed usinganycast 5/1 |