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Date:      Sun, 9 Dec 2001 13:26:42 +0000
From:      Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net>
To:        Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>
Cc:        FBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: internal private IP address standards?
Message-ID:  <20011209132642.A420@twincat.vladsempire.net>
In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOIEOJCIAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>; from barbish@a1poweruser.com on Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 09:52:31AM -0500
References:  <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOIEOJCIAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>

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On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 09:52:31AM -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote:
> When setting up a new FBSD box and LAN environment behind it, 
> what are the rules or standards for selecting the IP address 
> numbering scheme. I have read unrelated documentation that calls
> this the internal IP address scheme or private IP address. 
> The mandatory requirement is that these IP numbers will never
> be seen by the out side world. That being said, I take it that
> I can use any IP address numbers I want. 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Joe

The RFC that deals with this is 1918.  It assigns some IP addresses 
that are specifically to be used for private TCP/IP networks.  

10.0.0.0      10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0    172.31.255.255
192.168.0.0   192.168.255.255

Josh

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