Huawei Quidway S3900 Series Operation Manual page 120

Operation Manual – IP Address and Performance Confiugration
Quidway S3900 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510
Table 1-1 Classes and ranges of IP addresses
Network
type
A
B
C
D
E
Others
IP network
Address range
0.0.0.0 to 1.0.0.0
127.255.255.255 126.0.0.0
128.0.0.0 to 128.0.0.0
191.255.255.255 191.254.0.0
192.0.0.0 to 192.0.0.0
223.255.255.255 223.255.254.0
224.0.0.0 to
None
239.255.255.255
240.0.0.0 to
None
255.255.255.254
255.255.255.2
255.255.255.255
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range
An IP address with all 0s
host ID is a network address
and is used for network
routing.
An IP address with all 1s host
ID is a broadcast address
and is used for broadcast to
all hosts on the network.
The IP address 0.0.0.0 is
used by hosts when they are
booted but is not used
afterward.
An IP address with all 0s
to
network ID represents a
specific host on the local
network and can be used as
a source address but cannot
be used as a destination
address.
All the IP addresses in the
format
reserved for loopback test
and the packets sent to these
addresses will not be output
to lines; instead, they are
processed
regarded
packets.
An IP address with all 0s host
ID is a network address and
is used for network routing.
to
An IP address with all 1s host
ID is a broadcast address
and is used for broadcast to
all hosts on the network.
An IP address with all 0s host
ID is a network address and
is used for network routing.
to
An IP address with all 1s host
ID is a broadcast address
and is used for broadcast to
all hosts on the network.
Class D addresses are multicast
addresses.
These IP
reserved for future use.
255.255.255.255 is used as a
LAN broadcast address.
Description
of 127.X.Y.Z are
internally and
as incoming
addresses are