IP Addresses: 127

From: Sasha Oblak (sasha.oblak@yale.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 14 2000 - 00:53:06 EST


Hello

I am setting up a LAN, and I have a question about addresses. There are
four types of addresses depending on the first byte.

Type A 1 to 126
Type B 128 to 191
type C 192 to 223
Reserved 224 to 255

This leaves 127 open. I know that 127.0.0.1 stands for localhost, but what
do the other thousands of numbers starting with 127 mean?

Sasha

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Phone: 203-764-7214



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