Something I never understood is why people choose 192.168.1.1 for private networks. Being all the other factors equal, isn't 10.1.1.1 easier to type and more "aesthetically pleasant"?
At my company we use 10.0.x.x for that reason, easy to type.
What's the history behind 192.168.1.1?
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Re: What's the history behind 192.168.1.1?
#12Something I never understood is why people choose 192.168.1.1 for private networks. Being all the other factors equal, isn't 10.1.1.1 easier to type and more "aesthetically pleasant"?
Not 100% sure, but it may be because so much SOHO equipment uses 192.168/16 by default.
Re: What's the history behind 192.168.1.1?
#13Something I never understood is why people choose 192.168.1.1 for private networks. Being all the other factors equal, isn't 10.1.1.1 easier to type and more "aesthetically pleasant"?
Not 100% sure, but it may be because so much SOHO equipment uses 192.168/16 by default.
But why? Someone had to choose that default.
Re: What's the history behind 192.168.1.1?
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not 100% sure, but it may be because so much SOHO equipment uses 192.168/16 by default.
But why? Someone had to choose that default.
One possible reason is that a lot of corporate networks use 10.x.x.x. If you’re using a similar subnet at home, using a VPN can get awkward.
Re: What's the history behind 192.168.1.1?
#15Something I never understood is why people choose 192.168.1.1 for private networks. Being all the other factors equal, isn't 10.1.1.1 easier to type and more "aesthetically pleasant"?
Plenty of companies, universities and even small ISPs use 10.0.0.0
Re: What's the history behind 192.168.1.1?
#16I gotta try out the 127.0.0.x thing at the end of the article. I never knew the range was so large!
Re: What's the history behind 192.168.1.1?
#17Something I never understood is why people choose 192.168.1.1 for private networks. Being all the other factors equal, isn't 10.1.1.1 easier to type and more "aesthetically pleasant"?
Not 100% sure, but it may be because so much SOHO equipment uses 192.168/16 by default.
IIRC, I used to have one of the old Apple Airport travel routers back in the day and it used 10.0.0.1 by default. I've tended to prefer that block for my home network ever since.
Re: What's the history behind 192.168.1.1?
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
But why? Someone had to choose that default.
One possible reason is that a lot of corporate networks use 10.x.x.x. If you’re using a similar subnet at home, using a VPN can get awkward.
Yep. We use both 10.x.x.x and 192.168.x.x at my workplace (who knows why). I had to request a special change to our VPN settings so I could still access my home network while connected to it.
Re: What's the history behind 192.168.1.1?
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not 100% sure, but it may be because so much SOHO equipment uses 192.168/16 by default.
But why? Someone had to choose that default.
It's the smallest of the private IPv4 ranges. Corporate and academic networks tend to use the larger ones, so it's the least likely to cause a numbering conflict.
Re: What's the history behind 192.168.1.1?
#20Ugh, not another site that blocks pinch to zoom gestures on mobile. It doesn’t make sense to me why so many (quite popular) sites care so little about enabling their users to comfortably read their content. The solution, for now, is to use Safari since it started ignoring that setting, but unfortunately Chrome still allows it for some reason.