IP Addressing and Classes

IP - Internet Protocol

IP or IP address is a number i.e. ( 216.58.216.165 ) used to indicate the location of a computer or other device on a network.

IP address classes

IPv4 IP address, there are five classes of available IP ranges:
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class D
Class E

Only A, B, C are commonly used.

Each class has its range of valid IP addresses are shown below :
Class Address Range Supports
Class A 1.0.0.1 to 126.255.255.254 Supports 16 million hosts on each of 127 networks.
Class B 128.1.0.1 to 191.255.255.254 Supports 65,000 hosts on each of 16,000 networks.
Class C 192.0.1.1 to 223.255.254.254 Supports 254 hosts on each of 2 million networks.

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IP - Internet Protocol

IP or IP address is a number i.e. ( 216.58.216.165 ) used to indicate the location of a computer or other device on a network.

IP address classes

IPv4 IP address, there are five classes of available IP ranges:
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class D
Class E

Only A, B, C are commonly used.

Each class has its range of valid IP addresses are shown below :
Class Address Range Supports
Class A 1.0.0.1 to 126.255.255.254 Supports 16 million hosts on each of 127 networks.
Class B 128.1.0.1 to 191.255.255.254 Supports 65,000 hosts on each of 16,000 networks.
Class C 192.0.1.1 to 223.255.254.254 Supports 254 hosts on each of 2 million networks.

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