27 Nov
2013
27 Nov
'13
07:03
James Knott [26.11.2013 16:35]:
Per Jessen wrote:
I doubt it, it's just an address. I'm using other 127.x.x.x addresses elsewhere with no problems.
I have long wondered why an entire IPv4 class A range was assigned to loopback. IPv6, with it's unbelivably huge address range, assigns only ::1.
As IPv4 was created, nobody thought that addresses would become rare. So every bigger institution in the U.S. got a class A network ;-) while my company in Germany only got a class B net... -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org