public/private/loopback/APIPA address ranges

Question 1

Private IP address ranges

Answer 1

Internal networks such as a home or small office LAN use reserved or private IP address ranges. Web sites and other Internet presences use public IP addresses. There are three private (internal) IP address ranges, and the displayed IP address for eth1 should be within one of these:

Reserved Class A 10.0.0.0
Reserved Class B 172.16.0.0
Reserved Class C 192.168.0.0

Question 2

loopback address

Answer 2

loopback (127.0.0.1)

Question 3

APIPA

Answer 3

APIPA address (169.254.x.x)