Chapter 6: Configuring IP
The Internet Protocol (IP) is a
This section describes how to configure the Internet Protocol (IP). A number of tasks are associated with configuring IP. A basic and required task for configuring IP is to assign IP addresses to network interfaces. Doing so enables the interfaces and allows communication with hosts on those interfaces using IP. Associated with this task are decisions about subnetting and masking the IP addresses.
6.1 Assign IP Addresses to Switch
An IP address is a location to and from which IP datagrams can be sent. IP addresses were traditionally divided into three classes. The Class A Internet address format allocated the highest eight bits to the network field and set the
The table below lists the traditional classes and ranges of IP addresses and their status.
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A | 0.0.0.0 | Reserved |
| 1.0.0.0 to 126.0.0.0 | Available |
| 127.0.0.0 | Reserved |
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B | 128.0.0.0 to 191.0.0.0 | Available |
| 255.255.255.0 |
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C | 192.0.0.0 to | Available |
| 223.255.255.0 |
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D | 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255 | Multicast group addresses |
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E | 240.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.254 | Reserved |
| 255.255.255.255 | Broadcast |
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When multiple networks are connected to the Internet the traditional classified addressing scheme could cause you to run out of IP addresses.
The usual way of assigning IP addresses uses the prefixes of 8, 16, or 24 bits. Using prefixes of 13 to 27 bits an address includes the standard
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