What is the origin of the private network address 192.168.*.*? (2009)

Re:What is the origin of the private network address 192.168... by youknow123 on Sunday September 07, 2025 @07:01AM (#45157125)

They needed private IP ranges that wouldn't conflict with the real internet. 192.168 was just sitting there unused, so they grabbed it along with 10.x.x.x and 172.16-31.x.x.

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Re:What is the origin of the private network address 192.168... by Symbiote on Sunday September 07, 2025 @07:12AM (#45157178)

Read the article rather than making something up.

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Re:What is the origin of the private network address 192.168... by marcusb on Sunday September 07, 2025 @07:28AM (#45157261)

It isn't an article, but a mailing list post, and the post starts out with:

  This is a fuzzy recollection of something I believe I read, which might well be inaccurate, and for which I can find no corroboration.  I mention it solely because it might spark memories from someone who actually knows:

Spoiler: it sparks one memory from one person, who winds up being mistaken.

Offering an alternative hypothesis seems reasonable given the content of the post.

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Re:What is the origin of the private network address 192.168... by bmacho on Sunday September 07, 2025 @07:27AM (#45157255)

Which article? The posted emails? Superuser audience disagree https://superuser.com/questions/784978/why-did-the-ietf-spec...

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Re:What is the origin of the private network address 192.168... by Sharlin on Sunday September 07, 2025 @07:52AM (#45157379)

That’s such an awesome answer by Michael Hampton. I had never heard of Jon Postel before now.

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Re:What is the origin of the private network address 192.168... by rzzzt on Sunday September 07, 2025 @07:22AM (#45157236)

Narrator: noone came up with an answer. Someone purported the origin to be Sun but it turned out they used a different address in examples.

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Re:What is the origin of the private network address 192.168... by 3np on Sunday September 07, 2025 @07:21AM (#45157231)

And what did you learn from what article, actually?

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