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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