Reference Guide for the Model RT210/RT211 ISDN Routers
B-2 TCP/IP Routing
Figure B-1. Three main address classes
Class A addresses can have up to 16,777,214 hosts on a single network. They use an 8 bit network
number and a 24 bit node number. Class A addresses are in the range 001.xxx.xxx.xxx to
126.xxx.xxx.xxx.
Class B addresses can have up to 65,354 hosts on a network. A class B address uses a 16 bit
network number and a 16 bit node number. Class B addresses are in the range 128.001.xxx.xxx to
191.254.xxx.xxx.
Class C addresses can have 254 hosts on a network. Class C addresses use 24 bits for the network
address and 8 bits for the node. They are in the range 192.000.001.xxx to 223.255.254.xxx.
Class D addresses are used for multicasts (messages sent to many hosts). Class D addresses are in
the range 224.000.000.000 to 239.255.255.255.
Class E addresses are for experimental use for now.
This addressing structure allows IP to uniquely identify each physical network and each node on
each physical network.
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Class A
Network Node
Class B
Class C
Network Node
Network Node
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