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

Posted by Cliff on from the matters-of-personal-opinion dept.

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?

6 of 215 comments (clear)

  1. riaa rules by RIAAwakka_nakka_bakk · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i love riaa

  2. Re:What if your provider has a private network too by undef24 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Listen to this guy. This is the reason why you should use 192.168 at home. Mod this post up.

  3. Please realize what RFC 2119 says about MUST by MerlynEmrys67 · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.

    You state that the document uses SHOULD and MAY which mean optional behavior that can be safely ignored if you have thought about it... You may not agree with Microsofts interpretation of SHOULD and MAY, but they have not even violated the spirit of the RFC that you have quoted... Time to move your M$ bashing elsewhere (want to talk abou the last worm ?)

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  4. YOU FAIL IT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    (in more ways than one)

  5. Off Topic:What if your provider has a private... by arcadum · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Bahhhh!

    I was set to comment on your three journal entries, and more, but they all have been archived. Anyway, I added you to my freinds list, what ever that does...

  6. Re:There can only be one! by bofkentucky · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey, me and Connor McCeod share a birthday, cool beans.

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