Since Python 3.3 there is an ipaddress module in the stdlib that you can use.
>>> import ipaddress
>>> ipaddress.ip_address('192.168.0.1').is_private
True
If using Python 2.6 or higher I would strongly recommend to use a backport of this module.
Since Python 3.3 there is an ipaddress module in the stdlib that you can use.
>>> import ipaddress
>>> ipaddress.ip_address('192.168.0.1').is_private
True
If using Python 2.6 or higher I would strongly recommend to use a backport of this module.