[windows2000] Re: 192.168.*.* - why?
- From: Robert Funderburk <robfunderburk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:48:19 -0500
They are routable
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From: "buzzzyy" <list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:08 AM
Subject: [windows2000] Re: 192.168.*.* - why?
>
> Just some old RFC standard. One of few nonroutable blocks set aside for
> internal addresses.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Costanzo, Ray
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 8:59 AM
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [windows2000] 192.168.*.* - why?
>
>
>
> Hi list,
>
> I'm just curious about something. It seems that most networks use
> 192.168.*.* for their internal addresses. Why? It doesn't really
> matter, does it? Isn't 192.168.*.* completely arbitrary? My theory on
> how this came to be the norm is that MS used those addresses in some
> samples in some books or something, and people started using that and it
> just became the norm. But then there's that whole Internet connection
> sharing feature that came out in what, W98SE? With that, the computer
> that's sharing its Internet connection will be 192.168.1.1. So, I
> imagine that it's coded somewhere into other OS'es to look to see if
> 192.168.1.1 can be used as a gateway when the user does not specify an
> IP configuration. So what came first? 192.168.*.* or computers looking
> to 192.168.1.1 as a gateway? Or what my real question is is why
> 192.168.*.*?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ray at work
>
>
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