Root Servers.
Snapshot · 18 Sep 2026

M-Root

Operational
m.root-servers.net

One of the 13 named authorities configured for the DNS root zone.

AS7500AnycastIPv4 + IPv6DNS RootWIDE Project

What M-Root is

M-Root is the root server identity m.root-servers.net. It is one of the 13 named authorities for the DNS root zone, is operated by the WIDE Project, and is served from multiple published locations using the same root-service addresses.

Global servicePublished sites across multiple regions
Root authorityAnswers authoritative queries for the root zone
Anycast deliveryOne service identity announced from many sites

Network & Service

Hostname
m.root-servers.net
IPv4
202.12.27.33
IPv6
2001:dc3::35
ASN
AS7500
Operator
WIDE Project
Transport
DNS over UDP / TCP · port 53
Address families
IPv4 and IPv6

Deployment Snapshot

30Published sitesroot-servers.org
~30Operationalcurrent snapshot
0Suspendedcurrent snapshot
0Decommissionedcurrent snapshot

Global Anycast Service

Same root-service addresses, published from multiple network sites.

M-Root
Hong KongOsakaParis
M-Root202.12.27.332001:dc3::35
San FranciscoTokyo+ more sites

Published Locations

All published M-Root sites from the operator-published dataset.

View All Locations
LocationSite typeIPv4IPv6Instances
Bangkok, THLocalEnabledEnabled1
Brisbane, AULocalEnabledEnabled1
Hong Kong, HKGlobalEnabledEnabled1
Jakarta, IDLocalEnabledEnabled1
Osaka, JPGlobalEnabledEnabled1
Paris, FRGlobalEnabledEnabled1
San Francisco, USGlobalEnabledEnabled1
São Paulo, BRGlobalEnabledEnabled1