updated:6/17/98
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Related TopicSetting up a Private TCP/IP Network
[Advanced] How can I set up a TCP/IP network without connecting to the Internet? If you are not connecting to the Internet, you can use IP addresses
from a range that have been reserved specifically for use on a
private IP network. An IP address is comprised of a network number
and a node number; when selecting IP addresses for your network,
computers on the same network segment, or "subnet", must have:
This table will assist you in selecting IP addresses for your Private IP network. This is not the entire range of addresses available for Private IP networks, just a subset.
*Note that when converted to binary, node addresses that are all zeroes (.0, or ‘00000000’) and all ones (.255, or ‘11111111’) are reserved for referring to the network itself, and for the network’s broadcast address, respectively. So addresses 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.0.255 would not be available addresses for client workstations. **There are many more Class C addresses available for Private IP networks: in fact, you can use any class C address in the range 192.168.0.x through 192.168.255.x (where x would represent the node ID, a number between 1 and 254); just remember that, with default subnet mask, the first 3 octets must be the same for all devices on the network (it is the first 3 octets that specify the network number for a Class C address). Recommendation: use a different Class C address for each subnet on your private Intranet.
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