AS8978 is Holy See - Vatican City State.
AS8978 belongs to Holy See - Vatican City State. DB-IP Lite attributes 8,960 IPv4 addresses in 3 ranges and 1 IPv6 ranges to it, 86% of the IPv4 space in Vatican City. The number is registered with RIPE NCC in Vatican City on 15 Sept 1998.
Does it publish a geofeed?
We haven’t checked this network’s registry records for a geofeed yet. The Truth Check looks for one live for any address you test.
Shared addresses (CGNAT)
Holy See - Vatican City State hasn’t been documented as using carrier-grade NAT in a source we could check. To see whether your own connection is behind it, compare your router’s address on the CGNAT check.
IPv6
DB-IP lists 1 IPv6 ranges for AS8978, so customers can get IPv6 addresses, which databases place separately from IPv4.
Where its IPv4 space is used, according to DB-IP
Share of the network’s IPv4 addresses by DB-IP Country Lite. IP Geolocation by DB-IP.
IP ranges
IP Geolocation by DB-IP, ASN Lite, CC BY 4.0.
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Sources
- DB-IP IP to ASN Lite (CC BY 4.0) · checked 3 Nov 2026
- NRO RIR delegated-extended statistics · checked 5 Nov 2026