IP Network Addresses
IP Network Addresses Description
Address Classes (Continued)
Class B networks
Class C networks
As shown in the following figure, class B networks use the uppermost 2 bits as
1,0, the next 14 bits define the network, and the last 16 bits define the hosts. This
allows up to 16,384 class B networks.
1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1 0
Network
The following table lists the address ranges and their status.
$GGUHVV 5DQJH
WKURXJK
As shown in the following figure, class C networks use the uppermost 3 bits as
1,1,0, the next 21 bits define the network and the last 8 bits define the hosts. This
allows up to 2,097,152 class C networks.
1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1 1 0
The following table lists the address ranges and their status.
$GGUHVV 5DQJH
WKURXJK
2
6WDWXV
5HVHUYHG
$YDLODEOH
5HVHUYHG
2
Network
6WDWXV
5HVHUYHG
$YDLODEOH
5HVHUYHG
3
Host
3
Host
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Issue 4
June 2002
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