> At 04:49 PM 3/16/98 -0800, Bob Lorenzini wrote:
> >10.0.0.x works for me.
> >
> >On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Jan de Jongh wrote:
> >> I vaguely recall that -in some RFC- a specific range of IP addresses has
> >> been reserved for networks that are not connected to the outside world,
> >> or perhaps connected only by means of masquerading. Does anyone know
> >> these addresses?
>
> Anyone who is using IP would probably want to consult RFC 1918 (Address
> Allocation for Private Internets) before deciding on the IP address(es)
> they might want to use. <http://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1918.txt> will get
> you there.
To quote from that RFC:
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has reserved the
following three blocks of the IP address space for private internets:
10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 (10/8 prefix)
172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 (172.16/12 prefix)
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 (192.168/16 prefix)
Bob
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