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  2. Reserved IP addresses - Wikipedia

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    Used for link-local addresses [5] between two hosts on a single link when no IP address is otherwise specified, such as would have normally been retrieved from a DHCP server 172.16.0.0/12 172.16.0.0–172.31.255.255

  3. 0.0.0.0 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0.0.0.0

    Besides the use by operating systems internally, other uses have been attributed to the address. [5] [6] A non-routable meta-address used to designate an invalid, unknown or non applicable target; The address a host assigns to itself when address request via DHCP has failed, provided the host's IP stack supports this.

  4. Prefix delegation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefix_delegation

    For example, in a typical home network with legacy Internet Protocol version 4, the network prefix would be something like 192.168.1.0/24, as expressed in CIDR notation. With IPv4, commonly home networks use private addresses (defined in RFC 1918 ) that are non-routable on the public Internet and use address translation to convert to routable ...

  5. IP address - Wikipedia

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    A public IP address is a globally routable unicast IP address, meaning that the address is not an address reserved for use in private networks, such as those reserved by RFC 1918, or the various IPv6 address formats of local scope or site-local scope, for example for link-local addressing. Public IP addresses may be used for communication ...

  6. List of IP version numbers - Wikipedia

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    The first working version that was widely deployed was assigned version number 4. [10] A separate protocol based on reliable connections was developed and assigned version 5. IP version 7 was chosen in 1988 by R. Ullmann as the next IP version because he incorrectly assumed that version 6 was in use for ST-II.

  7. Private network - Wikipedia

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    IP packets originating from or addressed to a private IP address cannot be routed through the public Internet. Private addresses are often seen as enhancing network security for the internal network since use of private addresses internally makes it difficult for an external host to initiate a connection to an internal system.

  8. Black hole (networking) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole_(networking)

    For IPv4, no black hole address is explicitly defined, however the reserved IP addresses can help achieve a similar effect. For example, 198.51.100.0 / 24 is reserved for use in documentation and examples [ 2 ] ; while the RFC advises that the addresses in this range are not routed, this is not a requirement.

  9. Multicast address - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_address

    A multicast address is a logical identifier for a group of hosts in a computer network that are available to process datagrams or frames intended to be multicast for a designated network service.