Default IP Address on All Distributions

flamma at correo.ugr.es flamma at correo.ugr.es
Thu Dec 18 16:45:54 CET 2008


>> > Nearly every network I know uses 192.168.1.*, so the default is
>> perfectly
>> > fine... Although something like 192.168.64.* could be statistically
>> more
>> > failsafe.
>>
>> Actually in that case I would avoid all powers of two. A higher prime
>> number, like 97, might be a good choice...
>
> I just typed some random numbers > 1 to get to the safer side... :)
>

And that's probably why this is not the best number: it should be the last
to come in mind, not the first!





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