What type of address is 192.168.1.1 classified as?

The address 192.168.1.1 is classified as a private IP address. Private IP addresses are designated for use within private networks and are not routable on the public Internet. This means that devices assigned a private IP can communicate with each other within the same local network, but they cannot be directly accessed from outside the network.

The range of private IP addresses is defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in RFC 1918. Specifically, the private IP address ranges include 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255, 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255, and 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255. Since 192.168.1.1 falls within the last range, it is recognized as a private IP address commonly used in home and small business networks.

In contrast, public IP addresses are globally routable on the Internet and assigned by organizations like the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Static IP addresses are those that do not change and are manually assigned to a device, while dynamic IP addresses are assigned by a DHCP server and can change over time. The classification of