Local Network IPs - 10.0.0.0/8 or 192.168.0.0/16?

mike9010 asks: "After reading a few articles on the net about networking, I have come up with a question. It seems that most of them say to use 192.168.0.0/16 for a local network. Why not use 10.0.0.0/8 though? It is my understanding that it can hold a lot more IP addresses, and it is also prettier." What local network range are you using for your networks?

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I use

[The Clockwork Troll]

I use the 66.35.192.0/18 block.

It doesn't seem to conflict with anything important.

Pretty?

[Henry V .009]

Oh sure, it's prettier if you are into the modern reductionist view of IP address beauty. I, for one, continue to prefer form and substance. How can someone compare 192.168 with 10.0? Praising 10.0 is like calling a blank canvas a masterpiece. Some people would not know real IP art if it hit them in the face.

I use 127.0.0.1

[s88]

Its lightning fast! I always have 0 msec pings!
I highly recommend you try it.

There can only be one!

[Anonymous Coward]

I use a /24 chunk of 172.16.0.0/12, because it's a chunk that is easy for me to remember -- it maps to my birth date.

On the 17th day of February, in the year of our Lord 1600, I was born a highlander. I am Colin McLeod of Clan McLeod and I cannot die.

Re:A completely pointless question

[Bombcar]

You probably have a hard time spelling banana or Mississippi, don't you? :)