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Classes of IP

The document provides an overview of different classes of IP addresses: Class A for large networks, Class B for medium-sized networks, Class C for small networks, Class D for multicasting, and Class E which is reserved and undefined. Each class has specific characteristics regarding the number of bits used for network and host identification, as well as examples of valid IP addresses. Notably, certain ranges are reserved for special purposes, such as loopback and multicast functions.

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Classes of IP

The document provides an overview of different classes of IP addresses: Class A for large networks, Class B for medium-sized networks, Class C for small networks, Class D for multicasting, and Class E which is reserved and undefined. Each class has specific characteristics regarding the number of bits used for network and host identification, as well as examples of valid IP addresses. Notably, certain ranges are reserved for special purposes, such as loopback and multicast functions.

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Class A Network
This IP address class is used when there are a large number of hosts. In a Class A
type of network, the first 8 bits (also called the first octet) identify the network,
and the remaining have 24 bits for the host into that network.
An example of a Class A address is 102.168.212.226. Here, “102” helps you
identify the network and 168.212.226 identify the host.
Class A addresses 127.0.0.0 to 127.255.255.255 cannot be used and is reserved
for loopback and diagnostic functions.

Class B Network
In a B class IP address, the binary addresses start with 10. In this IP address, the
class decimal number that can be between 128 to 191. The number 127 is
reserved for loopback, which is used for internal testing on the local machine. The
first 16 bits (known as two octets) help you identify the network. The other
remaining 16 bits indicate the host within the network.
An example of Class B IP address is 168.212.226.204, where *168 212* identifies
the network and *226.204* helps you identify the Hut network host.

Class C Network
Class C is a type of IP address that is used for the small network. In this class,
three octets are used to indent the network. This IP ranges between 192 to 223.
In this type of network addressing method, the first two bits are set to be 1, and
the third bit is set to 0, which makes the first 24 bits of the address them and the
remaining bit as the host address. Mostly local area network used Class C IP
address to connect with the network.
Example for a Class C IP address:
192.168.178.1

Class D Network
Class D addresses are only used for multicasting applications. Class D is never
used for regular networking operations. This class addresses the first three bits
set to “1” and their fourth bit set to use for “0”. Class D addresses are 32-bit
network addresses. All the values within the range are used to identify multicast
groups uniquely.
Therefore, there is no requirement to extract the host address from the IP
address, so Class D does not have any subnet mask.
Example for a Class D IP address:
227.21.6.173

Class E Network
Class E IP address is defined by including the starting four network address bits as
1, which allows you two to incorporate addresses from 240.0.0.0 to
255.255.255.255. However, E class is reserved, and its usage is never defined.
Therefore, many network implementations discard these addresses as undefined
or illegal.
Example for a Class E IP address:
243.164.89.28

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