Huawei Quidway S6500 Series Operation Manual page 93

Operation Manual - Network Protocol
Quidway S6500 Series Ethernet Switches
Table 1-1 IP address classes and ranges
Network
class
A
B
C
D
E
Other
addresses
Address IP network
range range
0.0.0.0 to
1.0.0.0
127.255.2
126.0.0.0
55.255
128.0.0.0
to 128.0.0.0
191.255.2 191.254.0.0
55.255
192.0.0.0
to 192.0.0.0
223.255.2 223.255.254.0
55.255
224.0.0.0
to
None
239.255.2
55.255
240.0.0.0
to
None
255.255.2
55.254
255.255.2
255.255.255.255
55.255
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Chapter 1 IP Address Configuration
Note
Host ID with all the digits being 0
indicates that the IP address is the
network address, and is used for
network routing.
Host ID with all the digits being 1
indicates the broadcast address, i.e.
broadcast to all hosts on the network.
IP address 0.0.0.0 is used for the
host that is not put into use after
starting up.
to
The IP address with network number
as 0 indicates the specified host in
the network. The host with the IP
address can be a source terminal
instead of destination terminal.
Network ID with the format of
127.X.Y.Z is reserved for self-loop
test and the packets sent to this
address will not be output to the line.
The packets are processed internally
and regarded as input packets.
Host ID with all the digits being 0
indicates that the IP address is the
network address, and is used for
to
network routing.
Host ID with all the digits being 1
indicates the broadcast address, i.e.
broadcast to all hosts on the network.
Host ID with all the digits being 0
indicates that the IP address is the
network address, and is used for
to
network routing.
Host ID with all the digits being 1
indicates the broadcast address, i.e.
broadcast to all hosts on the network.
Addresses of class D are multicast
addresses.
The addresses are reserved for
future use.
255.255.255.255 is used as LAN
broadcast address.