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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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