> On 12/26/2012 04:33 AM, Mike Burger wrote: >> 169.xxx.xxx.xxx is most certainly a "routable" IP block, as far as >> internet standards go. > > Most of 169/8 is, but presumably he meant 169.254.0.0/16. > >> The only "non-routable" (i.e. reserved for private networks) IP blocks >> are: > > The list is slightly longer than that: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserved_IP_addresses#Reserved_IPv4_addresses Fair enough...I've just never seen anyone actually use it. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org "It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that. No one ever just stops by to say 'hi' anymore." --Colonel Jack O'Neill, SG1