MUO on MSN

192.168 isn’t the only private IP range hiding from the public internet

I thought private IPs were a one-neighborhood town and apparently there are suburbs.
Ars Technica

Umm, why are my pings to 192.168.1.x getting routed to the internet?

Is there something I'm not getting here? Did I get haxored? C:>ping 192.168.1.1 Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 217.76.99.73: Destination host unreachable. Reply from ...
GIGAZINE

Why is '192.168.xx' now used for private IP addresses?

An IP address is an identification number assigned to a computer or smartphone connected to a network. There are two types: a global IP address, which is unique in the world and can send and receive ...