15 Minute Series What is an IP Address?


Which sections of the IP address represent the network and which sections represent the machine will depend on what "class" of IP address is assigned to a network.

There are 5 classes of IP addresses: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, and Class E.

Classes correspond either to the size of the network (the number of hosts that the network can support) or are reserved for specific purposes, such as multicasting and experimentation.





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