9 Apr
2001
9 Apr
'01
10:54 p.m.
In the referenced message, Eric A. Hall said:
Also, they don't have any special-case handling that I am aware of. I tried to get a private /24 to use for the topology examples in my books and couldn't get one. ARIN outright refused the request even though I could prove the need for it, and even though I didn't care about global routing or reachability.
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (NET-TEST) IANA 192.0.2.0 - 192.0.2.255 The above, iirc, is the appropriate netblock to use in documentation examples. So, they have already assigned you and every other author in the world a /24 to use.