Internet Protocol Version4 (IPv4)

& Subnetting Strategy

The Internet Protocol (IP)
 The Internet Protocol is the corner-stone of the TCP/IP
architecture. All computers in the Internet understand IP.
 The main tasks of IP are:
 The addressing of the computers, and the fragmentation of
packets.

There are two types of Internet Protocol:

 Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4): currently used version of Internet

Protocol.

 Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6): the upcoming replacement for IPv4. It

IPv4 Address
 An IPv4 address is a 32-bit address that uniquely and
universally defines the connection of a device (for example, a
computer or a router) to the Internet.
• Connectionless protocol
• Fragments (divides) packets where necessary
• Addressing via 32 bit Internet addresses

 However, it contains no functions for end-to-end message

reliability or flow control. IP makes the ‘best effort’ to forward
packets to the next destination, but does not guarantee
delivery because it is connectionless.
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The IP address can be classify into two classes:

 Public address:
This address considered as any valid address assigned to any
user, and the organization who is responsible for registering
IP ranges called Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and this
address will be unique.

 Private Address:
Any number or address assigned to a device on a private
TCP/IP Local Area Network that is accessible only within the
Local Area Network.
Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
SIPP (Simple Internet Protocol Plus)
• Maintains good features of IPv4, discards bad ones.

• Not compatible with IPv4

• Compatible with all other Internet protocols including

TCP, UDP, ICMP, DNS, etc.

• Main features:

– Long addresses (128 bits) ⇒ supports billions of hosts.

– Simplified, fixed size header ⇒ routers can process packets faster.
– Support for authentication and privacy
– Better support for type of service.
Internet addresses

Each network interface connected to the Internet has a

unique address consisting of two parts:

 Network address, address of the network within the

Internet (used by gateways for routing IP packets
between networks).

 Host address, address of the computer within the

network (used for delivering packets to a particular
network interface within the network).
Internet address format
 The 32-bit IP address is separated into four 8-bit octets, allowing
each octet to have a value ranging from 0 to 255.

 Furthermore, the IP address is logically separated into two distinct

components: the network ID and the host ID. The network ID is
used to identify the subnet upon which the host resides. The host ID
is used to identify the host itself within the given subnet.

 IP addresses can be displayed in three typical formats:

 Binary notation Binary notation is the format that systems on the
network use to process the address. An example of binary notation is
11000000.10101000.00000001.01100100.
 Hexadecimal notation Hexadecimal notation is the format typically
used when identifying IPv6 addresses. An example of hexadecimal
notation of an IPv4 address is C0.A8.01.64
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 Dotted-decimal notation Dotted-decimal notation is the format that is typically
used for displaying the IP address in a human-readable format. An example of
dotted-decimal notation is 192.168.1.100
Classes of IP addresses

 Different networks have different sizes. Basically, there are many

small networks and few large networks.

 To provide efficient use of 32-bit address space, IPv4 defined

several address classes and associated address formats:

 Class A: allows 128 networks, 16 million hosts each.

The IP address start from 1.0.0.0 to 127.255.255.255, and the mask
address is 255.0.0.0

 Class B: allows 16,382 networks, 65,534 hosts each.

The IP address start from 128.0.0.0 to 191.255.255.255, and the
mask address is 255.255.0.0
Classes of IP addresses

 Class C: allows 2 million networks, 254 hosts each.

The IP address start from 192.0.0.0 to 223.255.255.255,
and the mask address is 255.255.255.0

 Class D: multicast networks The IP address start from

224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255.

 Class E: reserved for future use. From 240 to 255 and

the 255.255.255.255 used for broadcast to all the
subnet.
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 One of the benefits of classful addresses is that they provide a
hierarchy to the network through the use of the network ID.
This translates into an efficient routing environment because it
is easy for a router to determine what networks can be
grouped together and treated as a single routing entry.
Strategies to Conserve Addresses
 Several strategies have been developed and
implemented to help the Internet community on
how provides a good managing of IP addresses.
These strategies help reduce the load on Internet
routers and help administrators use globally
unique IP addresses more efficiently. There are
two common strategies, which are:

 Private Addressing

 Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)

Private Address
 It means If the internetwork is limited to one organization, the IP
addresses need only be unique within that organization. Only
networks that interface with public networks such as the Internet need
public addresses. Using public addresses on the outside and private
addresses for inside networks is very effective.
Private Addresses:-
RFC1918 designates three ranges of IP addresses as private:
 10.0.0.0 through 10.255.255.255
 172.16.0.0 through 172.31.255.255
 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.255
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 There are two ways to convert the private address to public address:
1. Network Address Translation (NAT).
This technique has been used to convert the private address to public address,
the NAT allowing us to access the internet and get services. The basic idea, is
that technique used pool of public addresses and assign for each private
address one public address. Thus, this way is inefficient due to the fact that
there are cost and delay associated with this operation. The table and the
figure below show how the NAT make the mapping.
Private Address Public Address
192.68.5.1 200.1.1.2
192.68.5.2 200.1.1.3
192.68.5.3 200.1.1.3
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2. Port Address Translation (PAT).
It’s another technique used to convert the private address to public. During PAT,
each computer on LAN is translated to the same IP address (public), but with a
different port number assignment. This way is much better than the NAT because
we can use one public address to translate any private address, therefore we
saved the cost. The table below shows the process of the PAT

Private Address Port address Public Address Port Number

192.68.1.3 50133 200.0.1.2 1
192.68.1.5 63887 200.0.1.2 2

 The port address will be any random number in the allowed range, that the
device created it when wants to access the internet.
 The packet will contain the port number that assign to the device that wants to
access the internet and through this port number, the router when get the
response message will translate it and make map this message to it is private
address based on the port number.
Addressing without Subnets
 If we have a class B with a Flat Network, the number of host will be
more than 216=65536 hosts,
 So the problem is here, that managing this network with this number
of host is too tricky and the performance of this network will get
down because of the heavy load. In other word, any single broadcast
can slowdown the network.

 Therefore, the solution is the subnetting. Subnetting means divide or

separate the single network into multiple networks that can reduce
the loading from one network.
 The advantage of using subnetting is:-
1. Reduce the traffic and the increase the performance.
2. The smaller network can easier to manage.
Subnetting
 As the number of distinct local networks grows,
managing them become a serious headache. Every
time a new network is installed the system
administrator must contact NIC to get a new network
number.

 The solution to the problem is to allow a network to

be split into several independent parts for internal
use but still act like a single network to the outside
world. In the internet literature these parts are called
subnets.
Subnet masks
 A mask is a 32-bit binary number that is expressed in dotted decimal
notation. By default, a mask contains two fields, the network field and
the host field. These correspond to the network number and the
locally administered part of the network address. When an
administrator subnets, they are adjusting the way they view the IP
address. Table 1: Default masks for classful addressing
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 Routers and hosts still assume class subnet masks by default:
 Class A /8 255.0.0.0
 Class B /16 255.255.0.0
 Class C /24 255.255.255.0


 The figure below gives an example to class C mask address:

The first three octets represent the network part and the last octet represent the host
part.
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 There three important things that should be taken into
our account when we thinking about subnetting:-

1. Network address – the first one

2. Broadcast address – the last one

3. Host addresses – everything in between

As well as, to find the number of hosts per subnet. We can

use formal 2x -2, where (x) is the number of unmasked bits
(0’s) .
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 For example, in 11000000, the number of zeros
gives us 26 – 2 =62 hosts. In this example, there are
62 hosts per subnet and we make subtract because
the first IP address reserve for the network address
and the last one for the network broadcast.

 While when we want to find number of networks,

we can use this formal 2y

Where Y represent the number of masked bits,

(1’s). For example, in 11000000, the number of
ones gives us =4
Reserved and Restricted Addresses
 In any subnet, there are certain addresses that
cannot be assigned to an individual device because
they have a special purpose. The subnet address is
the first address in a range that identifies the
subnet. The broadcast address is the last address in
the range, and all hosts on the subnet receive traffic
if anything is sent to it.

 Assume that a subnet address is 172.31.9.0 with a

mask of 255.255.255.0. The subnet address is
172.31.9.0, and the broadcast address is
172.31.9.255.
Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
 Classless Inter Domain Routing (CIDR) is a method for
assigning IP addresses without using the standard IP
address classes like Class A, Class B or Class C. In CIDR ,
an IP address is represented as A.B.C.D /n, where "/n" is
called the IP prefix or network prefix. The IP prefix
identifies the number of significant bits used to identify
a network.

 Example, 192.9.205.22 /18 means, the first 18 bits are

used to represent the network and the remaining 14 bits
are used to identify hosts.
 It’s basically the method that ISPs (Internet Service
Providers) use to allocate an amount of addresses to a
company, a home—a customer. They provide addresses in
a certain block size

 When you receive a block of addresses from an ISP, what

you get will look something like this: 192.168.10.32/28.
This is telling you what your subnet mask is. The slash
notation (/) means how many bits are turned on (1s).

 The Class A default subnet mask, which is 255.0.0.0. This

means that the first byte of the subnet mask is all ones (1s),
or 11111111. When referring to a slash notation, you need to
count all the 1s bits to figure out your mask. The 255.0.0.0 is
considered a /8 because it has 8 bits that are 1s—that is, 8
bits that are turned on
 Subnetting Class C Addresses
In a Class C address, only 8 bits are available for defining the
hosts
 that subnet bits start at the left and go to the right without skipping
bits. This means that the only Class C subnet masks can be the
following:

The Fast Way Method: Subnetting a Class C

Address
start by using the second subnet mask available with a Class C address, which
borrows 2 bits for subnetting 192 = 11000000
The 1s represent the subnet bits, and the 0’s represent the host bits available in
each subnet. 192 provides 2 bits for subnetting and 6 bits for defining the hosts
in each subnet.
Example 4
An organization has purchased the Class C Address 216.21.5.0 and would like
to use it to address the following 5 networks.
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 Third: Use increment to find the network ranges.

No. Subnet address First valid address Last valid Address Broadcast address
1 216.21.5.0 216.21.5.1 216.21.5.30 216.21.5.31
2 216.21.5.32 216.21.5.33 216.21.5.62 216.21.5.63
3 216.21.5.64 216.21.5.65 216.21.5.94 216.21.5.95
4 216.21.5.96 216.21.5.97 216.21.5.126 216.21.5.127
5 216.21.5.128 216.21.5.129 216.21.5.158 216.21.5.159
6 216.21.5.160 216.21.5.161 216.21.5.190 216.21.5.191
7 216.21.5.192 216.21.5.193 216.21.5.222 216.21.5.223
8 216.21.5.224 216.21.5.225 216.21.5.254 216.21.5.255
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216.21.5.33--62
216.21.5.1--30 216.21.5.129--158

216.21.5.97--126

216.21.5.65--94
Example 5
Example 6
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