----- Original Message ----- From: "Ina Patricia Lopez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:54 AM Subject: [plug] private ip
> hi! > holiday season took my math out! how many hosts are there in the > private ip addresses? :) > > 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 (10/8 prefix) > 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 (172.16/12 prefix) > 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 (192.168/16 prefix) class A private ip address 10.0.0.0/8 = 2^(32-8) - 2 = 16777214 hosts class B private ip address 172.16.0.0/12 = 2^(32-12) - 2 = 1048574 hosts class C private ip address 192.168.0.0/16 = 2^(32-16) - 2 = 65534 hosts minus 2 because of network and broadcast address which is not part of a host ip address.... > how did we come to that number of hosts? because of subnetting... fooler. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
