CompTIA Network+ Certification Exam Tutorial: The Five IP Address Classes Computers Articles | October 24 Authentic Bryan Little Jersey , 2006
To pass the Network+ exam and become a subnetting master, you must first master the basics of IP addresses, classes, and masks. Learn all about these important certification topics from Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933.
Passing the CompTIA Network+ certification exam and going on to become a subnetting expert is mastering the basics of IP addressing Authentic Dmitry Kulikov Jersey , and that means knowing the different classes, their default masks, and what these masks mean. Let?s get started!
Part of every IP address indicates the network the host is part of, and the other part identifies that particular host. You need to be able to look at an IP address and determine the network and host portions, and you do that by determining the class of the address.
Many books list only three network classes Authentic Patrik Laine Jersey , but there are five. Since you shouldn't assign an address from the last two classes to a host, you better know what they are!
Class A networks have a beginning octet of 1 - 126.
Class B networks have a beginning octet of 128-191.
Class C networks have a beginning octet of 192 - 223.
Notice a number missing? 127 is the reserved first octet for loopback addresses, such as the 127.0.0.1 address assigned to a PC.
Class D networks are reserved for multicasting. Class D addresses begin with an octet in the 224 - 239 range.
Class E networks are reserved for "experimental use", and the first octet of these addresses is 240 - 255. Those addresses are reserved by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Neither Class D nor Class E networks should be assigned to host devices. For exam and real-world purposes, the entire address range 224.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255 are unacceptable for assignment to network hosts Authentic Blake Wheeler Jersey , as is any address beginning with 127.
Now, what does all this have to do with identifying the network and host portions of an address? Classes A, B, and C all have different default network masks, and it's that mask that tells you which part of an address is the network portion and which part is the host portion.
Even if you were already familiar with these default masks, you may be wondering what that "8" business is. This is another way to express a network mask. It's called prefix notation, and it's much less complicated than it sounds. The number behind the slash is simply the number of consecutive ones at the beginning of the mask when it's expressed in binary.
255.0.0.0 in binary is 11111111 00000000 00000000 00000000.
255.255.0.0 in binary is 11111111 11111111 00000000 00000000.
255.255.255.0 in binary is 11111111 11111111 11111111 00000000.
When you see all the values in an octet set to 1 Cheap Dmitry Kulikov Jersey , the value of the octet is 255. If you see an IP address with an octet set higher than 255, it's invalid. ("256.1.1.1" literally cannot happen, so it's an invalid address.)
Prefix notation is the preferred way of expressing subnet masks. A mask of 8 is pronounced "slash eight", which is a lot better than saying "two-fifty-five zero zero zero". It also has less numbers to type, which I still believe is the real reason we use it! You might not see prefix notation on your Network+ exam Cheap Patrik Laine Jersey , but since it?s so commonly used in network documentation, you need to know it.
Now, about those network and host portions.....
The Class A network mask 255.0.0.0 means the first octet of the address is the network portion, and the final three octets are the host portion.
The Class B network mask 255.255.0.0 means the first two octets of the address are the network portion, and the final two octets are the host portion.
The Class C network mask 255.255.255.0 means the first three octets of the address are the network portion Cheap Blake Wheeler Jersey , and the final octet is the host portion.
Identifying the network or host portion of a given IP address is a two-step process:
1. Determine the address class by examining the first octet
2. Use the network mask to determine the network and host portions
Let's get a little practice with this. What is the network portion of the address 23.14.189.200?
1. The first octet falls into the Class A range
2. The network mask for Class A is 255.0.0.0, meaning that the first octet of the address is the network portion and the remaining three octets are the host portion
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