Choice of ip addresses
Hello friends, I want to know what the major determinants in the choice of an IP address are since the class of any IP address automatically chooses the subnet mask.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classle...Domain_Routing
Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) is a method for allocating IP addresses and routing Internet Protocol packets. The Internet Engineering Task Force introduced CIDR in 1993... |
" since the class of any IP address automatically chooses the subnet mask"
Where did you get this statement from? |
There is a relationship between subnet masks and network class (A, B, C), but it's not necessarily automatic.
The link below is an excellent introduction to subnetting. Don't be fooled by the HTML 3.0 look. It's clearly written and thoroughly explained. When I first found it, it was at some dot-edu site; my guess is that the author retired and posted it unchanged at a new location. http://www.ralphb.net/IPSubnet/index.html See this section for network classes: http://www.ralphb.net/IPSubnet/ipaddr.html |
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Reading the materials linked by 'FrankBell' above will enlighten you enough. Hope that helps. Good luck. |
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