On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Sam Ewalt wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Feb 2001 23:44:05 +0100 (CET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter)
>wrote:
>
>
> > IMHO there are 255 private class c nets ...
> > 192.168.0.X through 192.168.254.X
>
> So what's going to happen when they run out of numbers?
It is 192.168.x.x btw, so basically, that's a single
class B net of 65536 machines, or 256 class C nets of
256 machines each... IIRC.
These address ranges are for LANs and *private* networks. You'll
never run out (of these) because there can be an unlimited number
of 192.168.x.x machines because they're all behind firewalls and
these IP numbers never see the outside world. They're for internal
use only.
When they run out of numbers for the "outside world" they'll
get around to implementing IPV6 (Linux already supports it),
which will provide trillions (or is it quadrillions?) of IP
numbers... enough to last the forseeable future, anyway.
IPV4 provides for a total of "only" 4,294,967,296.
- Steve
