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Class

Class
Class
Class
Class
Class

A
B
C
D (multicast)
E (reserved)

Leading
bits
0
10
110
1110
1111

Size of
network
number
bit
field
8
16
24
not defined
not defined

10.10.0.0

0.0.255.255

Size of rest
bit field
24
16
8
not defined
not defined

a classless network
breaks the rules by
using more than the
'allowed' network
number field
example:

reserved address ranges


127.0.0.0
172.16.0.0
192.168.0.0

this is classless.

Number
of networks
128 (27)
16,384 (214)
2,097,152 (221)
not defined
not defined

Addresses
per network
16,777,216 (224)
65,536 (216)
256 (28)
not defined
not defined

0000
1000
1100
1110

0000
0000
0000
0000

bit start
0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000

0000
0000
0000
0000

0000
0000
0000
0000

0000
0000
0000
0000

0111
1011
1101
1110

1111
1111
1111
1111

bit end
1111 1111 1111
1111 1111 1111
1111 1111 1111
1111 1111 1111

1111
1111
1111
1111

1111
1111
1111
1111

1111
1111
1111
1111

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