Linux-Hams archive - March 1998: Recommened IP address for "hidden" subnets?

Recommened IP address for "hidden" subnets?

Mike Bilow (EET)
Tue, 17 Mar 98 19:47:00 -0000


Jan de Jongh wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

JdJ> I vaguely recall that -in some RFC- a specific range of IP
JdJ> addresses has been reserved for networks that are not
JdJ> connected to the outside world, or perhaps connected only by
JdJ> means of masquerading. Does anyone know these addresses?

Per RFC1918:

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)

-- Mike