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From: steve@gate1.internet-eireann.ie (Steve O'Hara-Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: IP addresses for local, unregistered machines ont the network
Date: 3 Aug 1995 23:46:43 GMT
Organization: Internet Eireann
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Carl Harris (ceharris@mal.com) wrote:
: Trevor Richards (trevr@bga.com) wrote:
: : I seem to recall reading that there was a recommended range of IP addresses
: : to use for machines that existed on a local network, but which would never
: : be connected directly to the Internet. Does anybody out there know if this
: : is true, and if so what this range of IP addresses is ?
See /etc/hosts on a FreeBSD machine (2.0 up certainly) - but here
they are.
10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 (private class A)
172.16.0.0 - 172.16.255.255 (private class B)
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 (private class B)
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Steve O'Hara-Smith email: steve@internet-eireann.ie
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