Correct Network IP addressing if your users have ability to VPN in
Techspot has A List of Common Default Router IP Addresses that helps with this. Usually home routers uses /24
subnets. Nowadays mobile phones are often used for sharing network connection, so we must take these ranges into account, too.
According to the list we can deduce we should avoid:
192.168.0.0/19
- most of the routers seems to use some of these, above192.168.31.255
.10.0.0.0/24
is also widely used, and Apple uses10.0.1.0/24
.192.168.100.0/24
is used by Motorola, ZTE, Huawei and Thomson.- Motorola uses (in addition)
192.168.62.0/24
and192.168.102.0/24
. 192.168.123.0/24
is used by LevelOne, Repotec, Sitecom and U.S. Robotics (less common)- Some D-Links have
10.1.1.0/24
and10.90.90.0/24
.
We have three ranges reserved for private networks; we still have plenty of space to avoid these in:
10.0.0.0/8
172.16.0.0/12
192.168.0.0/16
Some random upper range from 10.0.0.0/8
could be the safest choice for avoiding collisions. You may also want to avoid number 42
in any part of the IP address range: it might be the most common "random" number, as it's the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything.