From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 9 8:23: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 257BE37B417 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2001 08:22:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.194.207] (helo=tanya.raggedclown.net) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16D6jA-000DMw-00 for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 09 Dec 2001 16:22:56 +0000 Received: by tanya.raggedclown.net (tanya.raggedclown.net, from userid 500) id CCE071105; Sun, 9 Dec 2001 17:22:54 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 17:22:54 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: FBSD Questions Subject: Re: internal private IP address standards? Message-ID: <20011209162254.GC23351@raggedclown.net> References: <000601c18066$c61a0ca0$6600000a@ach.domain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000601c18066$c61a0ca0$6600000a@ach.domain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 11:05:44PM -0500, Andrew C. Hornback wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Joe & Fhe > > Barbish > > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 9:53 AM > > To: FBSD Questions > > Subject: internal private IP address standards? > > > > 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. > > 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 > Yes, and what would be the point of using any others on the private side of your net ? Sounds like a bad pointless idea to me..as well as a recipe for confusion. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message