====== IP Addresses ======


===== Special-Use IPv4 Addresses =====

^ Address Block        ^ Present Use                                     ^ Reference ^
| 0.0.0.0/8            | "This" Network                                  | [[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1700/|RFC1700, page 4]] |
| 10.0.0.0/8           | Private-Use Networks                            | [[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1918/|RFC1918]] |
| 14.0.0.0/8           | Public-Data Networks                            | [[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1700/|RFC1700, page 181]] |
| 24.0.0.0/8           | Cable Television Networks                       |  |
| 39.0.0.0/8           | Reserved but subject to allocation              | [[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1797/|RFC1797]] |
| 127.0.0.0/8          | Loopback                                        | [[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1700/|RFC1700, page 5]] |
| 128.0.0.0/16         | Reserved but subject to allocation              |  |
| 169.254.0.0/16       | Link Local                                      |  |
| 172.16.0.0/12        | Private-Use Networks                            | [[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1918/|RFC1918]] |
| 191.255.0.0/16       | Reserved but subject to allocation              |  |
| 192.0.0.0/24         | Reserved but subject to allocation              |  |
| 192.0.2.0/24         | Test-Net                                        |  |
| 192.88.99.0/24       | 6to4 Relay Anycast                              | [[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc3068/|RFC3068]] |
| 192.168.0.0/16       | Private-Use Networks                            | [[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1918/|RFC1918]] |
| 198.18.0.0/15        | Network Interconnect Device Benchmark Testing   | [[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc2544/|RFC2544]] |
| 223.255.255.0/24     | Reserved but subject to allocation              |  |
| 224.0.0.0/4          | Multicast                                       | [[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc3171/|RFC3171]] |
| 240.0.0.0/4          | Reserved for Future Use                         | [[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1700/|RFC1700, page 4]] |

Source: [[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc3330/|RFC3330]]