Re: First bit of IP Addresses
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Re: First bit of IP Addresses



On Thu, 01 Feb 2001 10:43:32 +0100, James Aldridge said:
> In the classful world:
> 	bit 1 = 0		-> Class A
> 	bits 1,2 = 10		-> Class B
> 	bits 1,2,3 = 110	-> Class C
> 	bits 1,2,3,4 = 1110	-> Class D (Multicast)
> 	etc.

Note that since the creation of CIDR, class A/B/C has been essentially
deprecated in favor of address/mask pairs.  In fact, so much so that in
today's net, stuff that still insists on class A/B/C distictions is
considered "broken".


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				Valdis Kletnieks
				Operating Systems Analyst
				Virginia Tech

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