[lug] Perl 101

[John Hernandez]

rise wrote:

> That's RFC1918 private address space, so unless you're using that
> netblock you're never going to get an answer back.  1918 addresses are
> never meant to be routable.


This is probably a nitpick, but that's not precisely true.  They are 
actually as "routable" as other addresses.  It's perhaps better to say 
that RFC1918 addresses should not be allowed (or expected) to propagate 
beyond your autonomous system (onto the Internet).  In other words, 
they should not be allowed to penetrate your AS border.

Also, I think the original poster mentioned that command line pings to 
that address work fine, so his problem is likely in the code somewhere.

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