154Appendix E: Understanding IP and IP addressing

Figure 31 IP addressing: class B

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Class B addresses range from 128.0.X.X to 191.255.X.X (standard network mask is 255.255.0.0), therefore, we can have 16384-2 class B networks each with 65536-2 hosts (if no subnets).

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networkid

 

 

 

 

 

hostid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 bit

 

 

14 bits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16 bits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field subnet in table IPNETWRK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class B indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

subnet id

 

 

 

 

hostid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 to 14 bits

2 to 14 bits

For any class, the hostid can be split into a subnet id and a hostid depending on custom- er requirements. This helps simplify routing to areas. For class B network, the subnet id can range from 2 to 14 bits.

Note 1: Network ids and host ids which are comprised of all 1’s or all 0’s are reserved, therefore, subtract 2 from the subnet id and hostid to get the actual count.

Note 2: There are also special addresses that are reserved for ‘unconnected’ networks (networks that use IP but are not connected to the Internet). Class B networks

have 16 of these special addresses ranging from 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.0.0.

297-8991-910 Standard 03.01 August 1999

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