An IP address within three ranges of numbers that are set aside for the computers in local networks. Assigned to the devices in the network by the DHCP service in the router, these private ...

This means the private IP assignments will look something like this, provided the router is using the 192.168.0.0 â 192.168.255.255 IP address range. Router: 192.168.0.1 Laptop 1: 192.168.0.2 ...

The same private address ranges are used in every network, which means every computer within the company has the identical private IP address of a computer in thousands of other companies.