Special Purpose Network Addresses Every System admin need to know

Different types of Classes of Network

Class A Addresses

Class A address must be between 0 and 127

network.node.node.node

Class B Addresses

Class A address must be between 128 and 191

network.network.node.node

Class C Addresses

Class A address must be between 192 and 223

network.network.network.node

Network Addresses: Special Purpose

Some IP addresses are reserved for special purposes, so network administrators can’t ever assign these addresses to nodes.

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