document updated 16 years ago, on Apr 3, 2008
========[ reserved IPv4 addresses ]========
10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 private
127.0.0.0 - 127.255.255.255 localhost/loopback
164.254.0.0 - 164.254.255.255 zeroconf / link-local
169.254.255.255 broadcast
172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 private
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 private
224.0.0.0 - 239.255.255.255 multicast
255.255.255.255 broadcast
(more complete list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4#Allocation )
(different one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classful_network#Special_ranges)
========[ reserved MAC addresses ]========
01:00:5e:00:00:00 - 01:00:5e:7f:ff:ff multicast
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff broadcast
========[ reserved IPv6 multicast groups ]========
ff02::1 all nodes on the local network segment
ff02::2 all routers on the local network segment
ff05::1 all nodes on the local network site