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Private IP Address Ranges

Private IP Address Ranges

Provide IP Addresses are reserved arranges that are guarantee for internal use only.

This allows any network admin assign these address depending on network topology, size of network and desired design method.

Private IP addresses are split into clases, while there are more than 3 classes some used for testing, milterary etc.

The main class groups are
Class A: IP Range - 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255
Class B: IP Range - 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255
Class C: IP Range - 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255

The rules are Class A, 10 identifies the network part and 0.0.0 indicates the host part so we can have 16,777,214 usuable hosts we cannot use 1.1.1 or 255.255.255

Class B, 172.x identifies the network part and 0.0 indicates the host part so we can have 65,534 usuable hosts remember we cannot use 1.1 or 255.255

Class C, 192.168.x indentifies the network part and 0 indicates the host part, so we can have 254 usuable IP's

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