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192.168, as in 192.168.x.x, 192.168.0.0/16, 192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0, RFC 1918, type of thing?

You can't connect to that over the Internet. Of course, from what little has been shared here, it's not clear exactly what you are up to and whether that address being in there makes any sense.

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I'm really hoping there's a VPN at play here; the alternative of "exposing a DB2 database directly to the internet" makes me... anxious.

Separate note: huge, huge, huge fan of your writing, and have been for years. I'm glad you're back to it.

It's the IPV4 address of my system (192.168.x.x). I am trying to connect to it from AWS over internet.

That IP space is not routable.

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