Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 00:17:48 -0500 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: "Jim Fleming" <jfleming@anet.com>, "FBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: internal private IP address standards? Message-ID: <000701c18070$d79d7e80$6600000a@ach.domain> In-Reply-To: <00fc01c1806e$58ffc6c0$a300a8c0@ipv16>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jim Fleming > Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 12:00 AM > To: Andrew C. Hornback; Joe & Fhe Barbish; FBSD Questions > Subject: Re: internal private IP address standards? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> > > > > Most people that I know of use the address blocks set aside in RFC 1918. > > > > "3. Private Address Space > > > > 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)" - RFC 1918 > > > > Full text can be found at: > > http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1918.html > > Everyone does not follow RFCs... > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/sdks/platform/tpipv6/start.asp > "If you have an IPv4 address that is part of the private address > space (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, or 192.168.0.0/16) or the > Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) address space of > 169.254.0.0/16 used by Windows 98 and Windows 2000, it is not globally > routable. Otherwise, it is probably a public IP address and is > globally routable. See the Debugging 6to4 configuration in this > document for more help in determining whether your ISP connection > supports 6to4." Isn't this par for the course as far as Microsoft is concerned? *shrug* Don't answer that (that means you too, Anthony). Is APIPA an IETF thing or something similar? --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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