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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?

2 of 215 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What about 172.16.0.0/12? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Didn't I see you in the movie The Net?

  2. 192.168.1.x by Yablo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Network of champions. I used to have a 10.x network, which was far easier to type, but I was having all kinds of problems connecting to the VPN at work. After about 5 minutes, I said fuck it, and changed it over to 192.168.