IP Addresses and Subnetting

IP Addresses and Subnetting
By
Kr. Rajeev Ranjan 07438
NIT Hamirpur, HP
Introduction
The Internet Protocol (IP) is a protocol used for communicating data across a
packet-switched internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite.
Version of IP Addresses:
 IPv0 to IPv15 (Only IPv4 and Ipv6 used in Networking)
IPv4 ( IP version 4) Addresses are 32 bits long.

IPv6 ( IP version 6) addresses are 128 bits long.
Characteristics of IPv4
 32 bit binary number(4 octet) is used to specify IP address(Hierarchical).
172.16.20.143
network 32-bits host

 Specifies both network and host.
 Number of bits allocated to specify network varies.
Total no. of IP addresses in IPv4 is 4.3 billion.
Classification:
 Classfull IP Address Classless IP Address
 Public IP Private IP
Classfull IP address classes
 IP divided into 5 Classes.
IP Classes
A B C D E
Class A: (0-127).(0-255).(0-255).(0-255)
Class B: (128-191).(0-255).(0-255).(0-255)
Class C: (192-223).(0-255).(0-255).(0-255)
Class D: (224-239).(0-255).(0-255).(0-255)
Class E: (140-225). 0-255).(0-255).(0-255)
#Network, Host.
Class A IP Address
Identify :
N H H H
The first (leftmost) bit of a Class A address is always 0

Example of a Class A IP address is 124.95.10.50
The first octet, 124 is assigned by ARIN
The administrators assign the remaining 24 bits.
The first octet of its IP address range from 0-126.
127 is reserved for special purpose
Class A IP Address
Features :
All Class A IP addresses use only the first 8 bits to identify the network part
of the address
The remaining three octets can be used for the host portion of the address
Class A network IP up to 2 to-the-power of 24 (224) (minus 2), or
16,777,214, possible IP addresses to devices that are attached to its
network
Valid Host Range 10.0.0.1 to 10.255.255.254
10.0.0.0 is Network address & 10.255.255.255 is Broadcast Address
Class B IP Address
Identify :
N N H H
The first 2 bits of a Class B address are always 10 (one and zero).
The first two octets identify the network number assigned by ARIN
The internal administrators of the network assign the remaining 16 bits
Class B IP addresses always have values ranging from 128 to 191 in their
first octet
Class B IP Address
Features :
All Class A IP addresses use only the first 16 bits to identify the network
part of the address
The remaining two octets can be used for the host portion of the address
A Class B IP address can have up to 2 to-the-power of 16 (216) (minus 2
again!), or 65,534, possible IP addresses to devices that are attached to its
network
 Valid Host Range 172.16.0.1 to 172.16.255.254
172.16.0.0 is Network address & 172.16.255.255 is Broadcast Address
Class C IP Address
Identify :
N N N H
The first 3 bits of a Class C address are always 110 (one,one and zero).
The first three octets identify the network number assigned by ARIN
The internal administrators of the network assign the remaining 8 bits
Class c IP addresses always have values ranging from 192 to 223 in their
first octet
Class C IP Address
Features :
All Class C IP addresses use the first 24 bits to identify the network
part of the address
The remaining one octets can be used for the host portion of the
address
A Class C IP address can have up to 28 (minus 2), or 254,
possible IP addresses to devices that are attached to its network
Valid Host Range 192.168.100.1 to 192.168.100.254
192.168.100.0 is Network address & 192.168.100.255 is Broadcast
Address
IP Address Space
 Originally, 3 Classes
– A, B, C
 Problem
– Classes too rigid (C too small, B too big)
 Solution
– Subnetting (e.g. within Stanford)
– Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)
Subnetting
What it is?
NETWORK SUBNET HOST
Especially large networks need to be divided into smaller networks.

These smaller divisions are called subnetworks and provide addressing
flexibility. Most of the time subnetworks are simply referred to as subnets.
Similar to the host number portion of Class A, Class B, and Class C

addresses, subnet addresses are assigned locally, usually by the network
administrator
Like other IP addresses, each subnet address is unique

Host/subnet Schemes
Important Decision
To determine the optimal number of subnets and hosts
For Class C IP Address

If 2 or 6 bits for subnetting then total hosts 124 (49 % used).
 If 3 or 5 bits for subnetting then total hosts 180 (71 % used).
If 4 bits for subnetting then total hosts 196 (77 % used).
Subnetting analogy
NETWORK SUBNET HOST
Subnetting
Area Code Exchanges Subscribers
Telephony
Subnetting
Real Purpose
A primary reason for using subnets is to reduce the size of a broadcast

domain.
Explanation
When broadcast traffic begins to consume too much of the available
bandwidth, network administrators may choose to reduce the size of the
broadcast domain.
Subnet Mask
What it is?
Not an address
It determines which part of an IP address is the network field and which
part is the host field.
A subnet mask is 32 bits long and has 4 octets, just like an IP address
Subnet Mask
Determine the subnet mask ?

Express the subnetwork IP address in binary form.
Replace the network and subnet portion of the address with all 1s.
Replace the host portion of the address with all 0s.
As the last step convert the binary expression back to dotted-
decimal notation.
Subnet Mask
Default :
Class B Address
172 16 20 143
Default Class B Subnet Mask
255 255 0 0
8-bit Subnet Mask
255 255 255 0

The Anding Operation
For What ?
For routing a data packet, the router first determines the destination
network/subnet address by performing a logical AND using the
destination host's IP address and the subnet mask. The result will be
the network/subnet address.
131.108.2.2 10000011 01101100 00000010 00000010

&
255.255.255.0 11111111 11111111 11111111 00000000
131.108.2.0 10000011 01101100 00000010 00000000

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IPv4 ( IP version 4) Addresses are 32 bits long.

 32 bit binary number(4 octet) is used to specify IP address(Hierarchical).

network 32-bits host

 IP divided into 5 Classes.

The first (leftmost) bit of a Class A address is always 0

Especially large networks need to be divided into smaller networks.

Similar to the host number portion of Class A, Class B, and Class C

Like other IP addresses, each subnet address is unique

For Class C IP Address

NETWORK SUBNET HOST

Area Code Exchanges Subscribers

A primary reason for using subnets is to reduce the size of a broadcast

Determine the subnet mask ?

Replace the host portion of the address with all 0s.

Default Class B Subnet Mask

255 255 255 0

131.108.2.2 10000011 01101100 00000010 00000010

131.108.2.0 10000011 01101100 00000010 00000000

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