[offtopic] Re: Safe IP Number (was Re: [MacPerl] CGI.s on local Mac)

[Alex Satrapa <packrat@blitzen.canberra.edu.au>]

On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Paul Miller wrote:

> >>As long as you are not online, pick an IP and 
> >>manually assign it to your powerbook. Then in your browser just go 
> >>to it
> >
> >'was exactly the answer I needed. Whilst I'd tried everything else, 
> >including talking to the Mac nicely (well, that was the *first* thing I 
> >tried, obviously... ;-) and doing a small, but well-rehearsed, dance in 
> >praise of King Larry and ArchDeacon Neeracher, the only thing I hadn't 
> >done was point the browser numerically at the machine itself.
> >

To be safe, assign an IP address in the range "10.x.x.x" or "192.168.x.x"
(there's another range that slips my mind at the moment). These are
covered under RFC 1918, allocating ranges of IP numbers for private
networks that are also Internet connected.

In theory, no Internet connected routers are supposed to forward these
addresses, meaning if you slip up and forget to change your IP number back
to a "real" one, you won't cause any problems.

Regards,
Alex Satrapa


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