Microsoft KB Archive/142863

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Valid IP Addressing for a Private Network

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Q142863

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft SNA Server, version 2.1
 * Microsoft LAN Manager, version 2.2c
 * Microsoft TCP/IP-32 for Windows for Workgroups, version 3.11a
 * Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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SUMMARY
This article is a brief summary of RFC 1918 Address Allocation for Private Internets. These are the recommended IP address ranges one can use for hosts that do not require direct access to the Internet. These addresses are filtered by Internet Routers and therefore do not have to be globally unique.

These addresses can be used without fear of duplicating a unique IP address owned by another enterprise. If globally unique Internet addresses are required, contact your Internet Service Provider or the NIC (Network Information Center) at Hostmaster@NIC.DDN.MIL.

MORE INFORMATION
Private Address Space

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has reserved the following three blocks of the IP address space for private networks:

  10.0.0.0        -   10.255.255.255 172.16.0.0     -   172.31.255.255   192.168.0.0     -   192.168.255.255 Note that the first block is nothing but a single class A network number, while the second block is a set of 16 contiguous class B network numbers, and the third block is a set of 255 contiguous class C network numbers. The complete RFC 1918 can be found via FTP on nic.ddn.mil.

For information about obtaining an RFC document, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q185262 How to Obtain Request for Comments Documents from the Internet" Additional query words: prodnt 2.10 2.20c 3.10 3.11 3.11a 3.50

Keywords : win95

Issue type : kbinfo

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