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IP address

IP address is an address having information about how to reach a specific host, especially outside
the LAN. An IP address is a 32 bit unique address having an address space of 232. Generally,
there are two notations in which IP address is written, dotted decimal notation and hexadecimal
notation.

Dotted Decimal Notation

Hexadecimal Notation

Some points to be noted about dotted decimal notation :

1. The value of any segment (byte) is between 0 and 255 (both included).

2. There are no zeroes preceding the value in any segment (054 is wrong, 54 is correct).

Classful Addressing

The 32 bit IP address is divided into five sub-classes. These are:

1) Class A

2) Class B

3) Class C
4) Class D

5) Class E

Each of these classes has a valid range of IP addresses. Classes D and E are reserved for
multicast and experimental purposes respectively. The order of bits in the first octet determine
the classes of IP address.

IPv4 address is divided into two parts:

 Network ID

 Host ID

The class of IP address is used to determine the bits used for network ID and host ID and the
number of total networks and hosts possible in that particular class. Each ISP or network
administrator assigns IP address to each device that is connected to its network.

Class A:

IP address belonging to class A are assigned to the networks that contain a large number of hosts.

The network ID is 8 bits long.

The host ID is 24 bits long.

The higher order bit of the first octet in class A is always set to 0. The remaining 7 bits in first
octet are used to determine network ID. The 24 bits of host ID are used to determine the host in
any network. The default subnet mask for class A is 255.x.x.x. Therefore, class A has a total of:

27-2= 126 network ID(Here 2 address is subracted because 0.0.0.0 and 127.x.y.z are special
address. )

224 – 2 = 16,777,214 host ID

IP addresses belonging to class A ranges from 1.x.x.x – 126.x.x.x

Class B:

IP address belonging to class B are assigned to the networks that ranges from medium-sized to
large-sized networks.

The network ID is 16 bits long.

The host ID is 16 bits long.


The higher order bits of the first octet of IP addresses of class B are always set to 10. The
remaining 14 bits are used to determine network ID. The 16 bits of host ID is used to determine
the host in any network. The default sub-net mask for class B is 255.255.x.x. Class B has a total
of:

214 = 16384 network address

216 – 2 = 65534 host address

IP addresses belonging to class B ranges from 128.0.x.x – 191.255.x.x.

Class C:

IP address belonging to class C are assigned to small-sized networks.

The network ID is 24 bits long.

The host ID is 8 bits long.

The higher order bits of the first octet of IP addresses of class C are always set to 110. The
remaining 21 bits are used to determine network ID. The 8 bits of host ID is used to determine
the host in any network. The default sub-net mask for class C is 255.255.255.x. Class C has a
total of:

221 = 2097152 network address

28 – 2 = 254 host address

IP addresses belonging to class C ranges from 192.0.0.x – 223.255.255.x.

Class D:

IP address belonging to class D are reserved for multi-casting. The higher order bits of the first
octet of IP addresses belonging to class D are always set to 1110. The remaining bits are for the
address that interested hosts recognize.

Class D does not posses any sub-net mask. IP addresses belonging to class D ranges from
224.0.0.0 – 239.255.255.255.

Class E:

IP addresses belonging to class E are reserved for experimental and research purposes. IP
addresses of class E ranges from 240.0.0.0 – 255.255.255.254. This class doesn’t have any sub-
net mask. The higher order bits of first octet of class E are always set to 1111.

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