Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 19:55:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Network Coordinator <nc@ain.charm.net> To: James Leppek <jleppek@suw2k.ess.harris.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PPP and dynamic IPs drifting a little Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950418195337.189A-100000@ain.charm.net> In-Reply-To: <9504181741.AA05651@borg.ess.harris.com>
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On Tue, 18 Apr 1995, James Leppek wrote: > Speaking of IP's I was responding to this mail and recalled > the words of wisdom in the /etc/hosts file about selecting > private IPs from a set of reserved numbers that are never > to appear on the net and getting valid numbers if > you are on the net. It had mentioned 192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255 > as reserved. > > Well, I tried to ping those to confirm they are never in use and > I got an answer! Then I tried 192.168.1.2 and it answered!! > It looks like its connected to : 204.157.71.1 which in turn is connected to 204.157.32.24 which in turn is connected to Net99 in portland. My guess is that 204.15.71.1 acts as a gateway between someone's private network and they keep an alias of 192.168.1.2 that got advertised to the whole world. -Jerry. > So what is the scoop on those numbers and RFC1597? > > Jim Leppek
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