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Classes of IP addresses

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Table of contents
1 Class A
2 Class B
3 Class C
4 Class D
5 Class E
6 Special Addresses

Class A

First Octet Range: 0-127

0nnnnnnn.hhhhhhhh.hhhhhhhh.hhhhhhhh

Network Mask:

Class B

First Octet Range: 128-191

10nnnnnn.nnnnnnnn.hhhhhhhh.hhhhhhhh

Class C

First Octet Range: 192-223

110nnnnn.nnnnnnnn.nnnnnnnn.hhhhhhhh

Class D

Class D addresses are multicast addresses.

First Octet Range: 224-247

1110mmmm.mmmmmmmm.mmmmmmmm.mmmmmmmm

Class E

Class E addresses are reserved for experimental use.

First Octet Range: 248-255

1111rrrr.rrrrrrrr.rrrrrrrr.rrrrrrrr

Special Addresses

Some addresses are reserved for special uses.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" ! address ! purpose ! class ! # of addresses |- |   127.0.0.0 - 127.255.255.255 | localhost | A | 16,777,216 |- |    10.0.0.0 -  10.255.255.255 | intranet | A | 16,777,216 |- |  172.16.0.0 -  172.31.255.255 | intranet | B | 1,048,576 |- | 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 | intranet | C | 65,536 |}


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