Net-10 is reserved for private networking (non-routed to the rest of the Internet), it is a Class A network, though with the advent of CIDR many advocate the elimination of the use of the 5 classes when describing networks. Net-44 (AMPRNET) is also a Class A which *"may"* be routed to the Internet, but does not *"need"* to be routed to the Internet, in fact it is so rarely routed to the Internet that I have seen tradeshows grab it for show floor use.
I "own" a "Class C" network, which is currently routed to the Internet, but has not always been so. I registered it so early that I am "grandfathered" with private "ownership" of the address space, whereas most people now wanting any address space must lease it from an ISP. I've been at IP (and other networking) for a long time :) You will note several Class A networks that are reserved, many of which are not routed to the general Internet (http://www.flumps.org/ip/a/indexa.html) Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM wrote: > > > John, the 44 net is an external IP and not a router LAN accessible ip. > 10/8 net was chosen because it is a Class A net. More hams then > pc's right??? > -- John D. Hays Amateur Radio Station K7VE <http://k7ve.org> PO Box 1223 Edmonds, WA 98020-1223 VOIP/SIP: [email protected] <sip:[email protected]> Phone: 206-801-0820 801-790-0950 Fax: 866-309-6077 Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
