Internet addresses are allocated by the InterNIC (http://www.internic.net/), the organization that administers the Internet. These IP addresses are divided into classes. The most common of these are classes A, B, and C. Classes D and E exist, but are not generally used by end users. Each of the address classes has a different default subnet mask. You can identify the class of an IP address by looking at its first octet. Following are the ranges of Class A, B, and C Internet addresses, each with an example address:
Class A networks use a default subnet mask of 255.0.0.0 and have 1-126 as their first octet. The address 10.52.36.11 is a class A address. Its first octet is 10, which is between 1 and 126, inclusive.
Class B networks use a default subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 and have 128-191 as their first octet. The address 172.16.52.63 is a class B address. Its first octet is 172, which is between 128 and 191, inclusive.
Class C networks use a default subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and have 192-223 as their first octet. The address 192.168.123.132 is a class C address. Its first octet is 192, which is between 192 and 223, inclusive.
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Class D is used for multicasting and class E is reserved for scientific purposes..
IP classes can also presented as :
From our earlier discussion on IP Addresses Network and Host ID can be easily determined as shown in figure.
Class IDs are the bits which denotes a particular class and are peculiar to it.
What is an IP Address?
IP Addresses-Network and Host Id
IP Addresses-Subnetting and Gateway
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