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Re: 192.168

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On 2012-10-21, unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> wrote:
> On 2012-10-19, ein <ein@no.spam> wrote:
>>
>> Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>>> unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> writes:
>>>> On 2012-10-17, bob@coolfone.comze.com <bob@coolfone.comze.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> Why is it that almost all LAN devices start with 192.168?  Why
>>>>> such a strange and hard-to-memorize number?
>>>> 
>>>> And why would you want to memorize it? That is a private address
>>>> reange, non-routable on the internet.
>>
>> IMHO there's no such thing like non-routable IP address range, but
>
> Yes, there is since many routers/switches whatever on the internet are
> sesigned to throw away any packets addressed to those private addresses,
> since there is no way that they can be routed outside the private
> network itself. There are many many machines in th eworld with address
> say 192.168.1.5 Which one should be chosen?

If some decided not to eat apples then we should call all apples
"un-eatable"?  

In my network I have 10 networks 10.[0-10].0.0/16 and a router
connecting them. Am I able to set up routing for these subnets? 
That range is clearly "routable".

-- 
Pozdrawiam
orcus

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192.168 bob@coolfone.comze.com - 2012-10-17 08:37 -0700
  Re: 192.168 Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2012-10-17 16:40 +0100
    Re: 192.168 ein <ein@no.spam> - 2012-10-17 20:04 +0200
      Re: 192.168 Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2012-10-17 21:23 +0200
        Re: 192.168 ein <ein@no.spam> - 2012-10-17 22:37 +0200
          Re: 192.168 Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2012-10-18 18:29 +0200
            Re: 192.168 ein <ein@no.spam> - 2012-10-19 07:54 +0200
  Re: 192.168 Maurizio Loreti <mlo@foobar.it> - 2012-10-17 20:37 +0200
  Re: 192.168 unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2012-10-18 01:43 +0000
    Re: 192.168 Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2012-10-18 09:22 +0100
      Re: 192.168 ein <ein@no.spam> - 2012-10-19 07:51 +0200
        Re: 192.168 Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2012-10-19 12:16 +0200
          Re: 192.168 orcus@pwr.wroc.pl - 2012-10-19 18:54 +0000
            Re: 192.168 Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-10-20 06:51 +0000
              Re: 192.168 orcus@pwr.wroc.pl - 2012-10-20 07:46 +0000
                Re: 192.168 Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-10-20 08:00 +0000
                Re: 192.168 orcus@pwr.wroc.pl - 2012-10-20 13:43 +0000
                Re: 192.168 Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-10-20 14:15 +0000
                Re: 192.168 orcus@pwr.wroc.pl - 2012-10-20 14:54 +0000
                Re: 192.168 Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2012-10-20 15:21 -0500
                Re: 192.168 Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2012-10-20 15:20 -0500
          Re: 192.168 Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2012-10-20 13:55 +0200
        Re: 192.168 unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2012-10-21 00:33 +0000
          Re: 192.168 orcus@pwr.wroc.pl - 2012-10-21 10:22 +0000
            Re: 192.168 Markus Koßmann <mkossmann_n1@gmx.de> - 2012-10-21 15:53 +0200
          Re: 192.168 GangGreene <GangGreene@example.com> - 2012-10-21 07:06 -0400
  Re: 192.168 Vanni <Vanniz@nospam.thanks> - 2012-10-18 07:56 +0200
    Re: 192.168 Johann Klammer <klammerj@NOSPAM.a1.net> - 2012-10-18 06:40 +0200

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