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198.51.100.0/24

198.51.100.0/24 (TEST-NET-2) is reserved for documentation and examples.

Last updated 2 Nov 2026 from the IANA IPv4 Special-Purpose Address Registry

Short answer

198.51.100.0/24 (TEST-NET-2) is reserved for documentation and examples.

Block198.51.100.0/24
First – last198.51.100.0 – 198.51.100.255
Size256 addresses
Name in the registryDocumentation (TEST-NET-2)
Defined inRFC 5737
Allocated2010-01
Valid as source / destinationFalse / False
ForwardableFalse
Globally reachableFalse

What it means

RFC 5737 reserves it, alongside 192.0.2.0/24 and 203.0.113.0/24, so that manuals and examples never point at a real network.

No device on the internet should use it.

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Sources

  1. IANA IPv4 Special-Purpose Address Registry (CC0) · checked 2 Nov 2026
  2. RFC 5737