Hi y'all

Class A address range 10.0.0.0
Class B address range 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.0.0
Class C address range 192.168.0.0

are all reserved for private use and should NOT be propagated across public networks.

Yeah, you know that; but does anyone know why these address ranges were chosen.

Look at that!

Cheers
Hippo.

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Hi Hippo;

There are two primary reasons that the "private" IP ranges were created:

1)hosts that do not require access to hosts in other networks or the Internet in general, but still require the hierarchical structure; and

2)hosts that only require limited access for such apps as e-mail, remote login, etc. For much of this, the host would be going through a gateway at any rate.

If you want to read the full rfc on this, the address is: www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1918.txt

Hope this helps;

JerryL

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Kool!

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