Explanation/Reference:
Section: Addressing and Routing Protocols in an Existing Network Explanation Explanation:
Of the available choices, only the 169.254.0.0/16 address block is typically used for IP version 4 (IPv4) link-local addressing. The IP addresses in the 169.254.0.0/16 address block, which includes the IP addresses from 169.254.0.0 through 169.254.255.255, are defined by Request for Comments (RFC) 3927.
This address block is reserved for the dynamic configuration of IPv4 link-local addresses. On Microsoft Windows computers, addresses in these ranges are known as Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) addresses.
Addresses in the 192.168.0.0/16, 172.16.0.0/12, and 10.0.0.0/8 ranges are private IP addresses that are defined by RFC 1918. The following are the valid IP address blocks in each of the classes available for commercial use as defined by RFC 1918:
Class A - 10.0.0.0 through 10.255.255.255, or 10.0.0.0/8
Class B - 172.16.0.0 through 172.31.255.255, or 172.16.0.0/12
Class C - 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.255, or 192.168.0.0/16
The 127.0.0.0/8 IP address block is a special-use IPv4 address block that is defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in RFC 1122 and in RFC 6890, which obsoletes RFC 5735. The
127.0.0.1/32 IP address is typically used as a loopback address for devices on a network.
Reference:
IETF: RFC 3927: Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses