Valid IP Addresses?

[quantass]

What IP addresses are considered invalid for a standard internet connection between a PC and another across the internet. I know that 127.0.0.1 to 127.0.0.254 is reserved for internal lan use and 169.254.x.x is used by WIndows Automatic IP Addressing. Can someone tell me the other IP addresses which one can have which indicate they are using an invalid IP address for internet communication.

[cat5e]

You can not approach it this way.

If you are connected directly to the Internet Modem any IP that is not a live external address might be the wrong address. (I.e. you are talking about millions of numbers that might be not working).

If your connection is as above and you can not obtain a workin IP you should talk to your ISP.

If you are connected to a Router, you have to know how the Router is configured, any IP that is Not within the IP’s Band of the Router is a worng IP.

I.e. if your Router IP is 192.168.1.1 any IP that is Not 192.168.1.x is the wrong IP.

Log to this page it has a lot of links to instructions to Windows Network Settings, and Sharing.

Link to: Windows Network - Installing & Sharing. (http://www.ezlan.net/Installing.html)

:cool:

[kwebb]

127.x.x.x is typically used for loopback addresses. The reserved ranges for IP segments are:

10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255