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Chapter 8 Home Networking
You can obt ain your I P address from t he I ANA, from an I SP or it can be assigned from a privat e
net work. I f you belong t o a sm all organizat ion and your I nt ernet access is t hrough an I SP , t he I SP
can provide you wit h t he I nt ernet addresses for your local net works. On t he ot her hand, if you are
part of a m uch larger organizat ion, you should consult your net work adm inist rat or for t he
appropriat e I P addresses.
Not e: Regardless of your part icular sit uat ion, do not creat e an arbit rary I P address;
always follow t he guidelines above. For m ore inform at ion on address assignm ent ,
please refer t o RFC 1597, "Address Allocat ion for Privat e I nt ernet s" and RFC 1466,
" Guidelines for Managem ent of I P Address Space".
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