What Is Reserved Address Space

What Does Reserved Address Space Mean?

Reserved address space is the group of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that are reserved and categorized only for use with internal networks or intranets. It is a component of the IP address scheme/classes reserved by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and Internet Address and Naming Authority (IANA) for experimentation and internal use.

Techopedia Explains Reserved Address Space

• 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 (prefix: 172.16/12)
• 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 (prefix: 10/8)
• 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 (prefix: 192.168/16)