[windows2000] Re: SV: Re: 192.168.*.* - why?

  • From: Robert Funderburk <robfunderburk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 13:51:49 -0500

If you try to ping 10.10.10.10 it should terminate at your default gateway,
unless your gateway has that route in it.  you should get "destination net
unreachable"


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sullivan, Glenn" <GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 1:29 PM
Subject: [windows2000] Re: SV: Re: 192.168.*.* - why?


>
> If I do an NSLookup, and at the NSLookup prompt type 10.22.16.5 I get:
> *** <DNS Server FQDN> can't find 10.22.16.5: Non-existent domain
>
> I don't understand the rest of what you are talking about.
>
> Let me give a totally different example of what I am talking about...
>
> Scenario 1:
> I decide to attempt to ping 10.10.10.10 from my machine.  Somehow, this
ICMP
> packet reaches an internet backbone router.  It will be dropped
completely,
> regardless of whether there is a DNS record associated with it or not.
>
>
> Scenario 2:
> Let's say I am in charge of the internet-authoritative DNS server for
> DavidClark.com.  If you do a little checking, you will see that there is
at
> least one host record for DavidClark.com called www, and it maps to the
> address: 155.212.1.28.  There is nothing stopping me from adding a host
> record to my DNS server for the host name ROUTEME and an address of
> 10.10.10.10.
>
> Now, if you, on your network, decide you want to ping
> ROUTEME.DavidClark.com, the first thing your machine does is communicate
> with your Primary (or secondary) DNS server to determine what the correct
> address for ROUTEME.DavidClark.com is.  Your DNS server, through the
> grapevine (IE, either directly, or recursively) hears from my DNS server
> that ROUTEME.DavidClark.com is 10.10.10.10.
>
> Your machine now attempts to ping 10.10.10.10.  Now we are back to
scenario
> 1...  It no longer cares what the FQDN was.  It is attempting to contact
the
> address.
>
> Lets say that somehow this ICMP ping packet hits an internet backbone
> router.  It will be dropped unceremoniously, never to be seen again.
>
> The result is the same: the packet is dropped.
>
> It has absolutely nothing to do with DNS.  Nothing at all.
>
> But I am not close-minded.  I am open to explanation...
>
> Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I  MCDBA
> David Clark Company Inc.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Stockard [mailto:JStockard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 1:04 PM
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: SV: Re: 192.168.*.* - why?
>
>
>
> If you do an NSlookup and type in 10.22.16.5 (any 10 scheme that is not
> in your route table), you will get the name and IP address of your
> router.
> If you change the 10 to 216 (for example, don't use that number if 216
> is your address scheme)  you will get a DNS response DNS request timed
> out.
> The 10.x.x.x scheme stays within the explicit route table.  Without an
> explicit route defined for it, an 10. address will be ignored by the
> Internet DNS.
> By itself the 10. address is not routable.  Because it is ignored by the
> Internet DNS.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sullivan, Glenn [mailto:GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 1:00 PM
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: SV: Re: 192.168.*.* - why?
>
>
> Tom,
>
> I understand that.  I was really asking Jeff how he believes that the
> two
> are inter-related...
>
> HTH,
>
> Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I  MCDBA
> David Clark Company Inc.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Erdely [mailto:tom@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 12:48 PM
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [windows2000] SV: Re: 192.168.*.* - why?
>
>
>
> Nothing.  These IP ranges (or any IP ranges for that matter) have no
> effect on how DNS behaves (except for network, broadcast and multicast
> ranges of course).  Whether they are for private use or not.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Tom Erdely
> http://erdely.no
>
>
> -----Opprinnelig melding-----
> Fra: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] P=3DE5 vegne av Sullivan, =
> Glenn
> Sendt: 18. november 2002 18:46
> Til: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Emne: [windows2000] Re: 192.168.*.* - why?
>
>
>
> OK, but what does that have to do with DNS?  They don't mention DNS in
> that blurb.
>
> Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I  MCDBA
> David Clark Company Inc.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Stockard [mailto:JStockard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 12:30 PM
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: 192.168.*.* - why?
>
>
>
> From this site on IP addresses:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coreprot/chapter/appb.html
> Where it says "there are groups of "private" Internet addresses that can
> be used on internal networks by anyone. These address pools were set
> aside in RFC 1918, and therefore cannot be "assigned" to any
> organization. The Internet's backbone routers are configured explicitly
> not to route packets with these addresses, so they are completely
> useless outside of an organization's internal network. The address
> blocks available are listed in Table B-4." Any addresses in 10.x.x.x
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Ensor [mailto:densor@xxxxxxxxx]=3D3D20
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 11:59 AM
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: 192.168.*.* - why?
>
>
> Dark N' snowy??
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Funderburk [mailto:robfunderburk@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 4:54 PM
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: 192.168.*.* - why?
>
>
>
> What are you talking about with "outside DNS" ?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Stockard" <JStockard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 10:52 AM
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: 192.168.*.* - why?
>
>
> >
> > That was my point.  They don't have anything to do with outside DNS.
> If
> > you used an address that was in the outside DNS range, you would =
> be=3D20
> > continually looking to the DNS table to find other PC's on your
> network.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sullivan, Glenn [mailto:GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D3D3D20
> > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:20 AM
> > To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [windows2000] Re: 192.168.*.* - why?
> >
> >
> > <----------Snip-------->
> > Companies use theses schemes so their requests for data will not look
> to
> > the
> > outside DNS list.  This makes the lookup a little faster, when you can
>
> > skip the rest of the entire Internet and just look on your Intranet.
> > <----------Snip-------->
> >
> > What do you mean?  These reserved address ranges really don't =
> have=3D20
> > anything to do with DNS, to my knowledge.
> >
> > A little confused I guess.  That's what happens when you wake up
> with=3D20
> > three inches of ice covering everything...
> >
> > Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I  MCDBA
> > David Clark Company Inc.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Stockard [mailto:JStockard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:12 AM
> > To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [windows2000] Re: 192.168.*.* - why?
> >
> >
> >
> > They are non routable.  The same is true with 10.x.x.x.  Companies use
>
> > theses schemes so their requests for data will not look to the outside
>
> > DNS list.  This makes the lookup a little faster, when you can skip
> the
> > rest of the entire Internet and just look on your Intranet. Hope
> this=3D20
> > helps Jeff
> > Jesus Loves You
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Costanzo, Ray [mailto:rcostanzo@xxxxxxxxxxx]=3D3D3D3D20
> > 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=3D20
> > 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=3D20
> > 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=3D20
> > imagine that it's coded somewhere into other OS'es to look to see
> if=3D20
> > 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=3D20
> > 192.168.*.*?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ray at work
> >
> >
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