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IP Address Classes

IP addresses are divided into five classes - A, B, C, D and E - based on the high-order bits of the first octet. Class A provides the fewest but largest networks with up to 16 million hosts each. Class B provides more but smaller networks with 65,000 hosts each. Class C provides the most but smallest networks with 254 hosts each. Private IP addresses are reserved for internal networks and cannot be routed on the public internet.

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IP Address Classes

IP addresses are divided into five classes - A, B, C, D and E - based on the high-order bits of the first octet. Class A provides the fewest but largest networks with up to 16 million hosts each. Class B provides more but smaller networks with 65,000 hosts each. Class C provides the most but smallest networks with 254 hosts each. Private IP addresses are reserved for internal networks and cannot be routed on the public internet.

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IP address classes

Hosts per
1st Octet 1st Octet Network/Host ID
Default Number of Network
Class Decimal High Order (N=Network,
Subnet Mask Networks (Usable
Range Bits H=Host)
Addresses)
16,777,214
A 1 – 126* 0 N.H.H.H 255.0.0.0 126 (27 – 2)
(224 – 2)
16,382
B 128 – 191 10 N.N.H.H 255.255.0.0 65,534 (216 – 2)
(214 – 2)
2,097,150
C 192 – 223 110 N.N.N.H 255.255.255.0 254 (28 – 2)
(221 – 2)
D 224 – 239 1110 Reserved for Multicasting
E 240 – 254 1111 Experimental; used for research

Note: Class A addresses 127.0.0.0 to 127.255.255.255 cannot be used and is reserved for
loopback and diagnostic functions.

Private IP Addresses
Class Private Networks Subnet Mask Address Range
A 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
B 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.0.0 255.240.0.0 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
C 192.168.0.0 255.255.0.0 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255

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