yep, figured that out. but what exactly uses other 127.* addresses? why the
huge range?
----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan F. Go <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] 127. <- out of curiosity
> On Mon, 8 May 2000, Carlo Sogono wrote:
>
> > So the localhost is assigned 127.0.0.1...is there ever a chance where
> > 127.0.0.2 or any other IP in this range to be used? If so, who uses
them?
> >
>
> Hello Carlo,
>
> The answer is no :) AFAIK, 127.0.0.x ip block is reserved for
> localhost and loopback only. Much like 192.168.x.x and 10.x.x.x which
> are used for private / dummy networks.
>
> HTH,
> Yan
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