Range of values and example of the IP address - STEP 7

Range of values for the IP address

The IP address consists of four decimal numbers from the range 0 to 255 separated by a period.

Notation: xxx.yyy.zzz.www

Example:

141.80.0.16

• The following addresses have special meanings (*stands for any number between numeric 0 and 255):

  • 127.*.*.* Loopback

  • 0.0.0.0 unspecified network

  • 255.255.255.255 broadcast to all devices (permitted only when "All broadcast devices" was selected as the connection peer)

  • Host address 255 broadcast address for all devices of a network:

    For class A: xxx.255.255.255

    For class B: xxx.yyy.255.255

    For class C: xxx.yyy.zzz.255

• The following are not permitted:

  • Host address 0

    For class A: xxx.0.0.0

    For class B: xxx.yyy.0.0

    For class C: xxx.yyy.zzz.0