You are the system administrator for an organization that has 50 devices. Which IPv4 internal address range should you use on the network?
- 10.x.x.x
- 192.168.x.x
- 172.16.x.x
- 172.31.x.x
EXPLANATION
IP address classesWith an IPv4 IP address, there are five classes of available IP ranges: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E, while only A, B, and C are commonly used. Each class allows for a range of valid IP addresses, shown in the following table.
Class | Address range | Supports |
---|---|---|
Class A | 1.0.0.1 to 126.255.255.254 | Supports 16 million hosts on each of 127 networks. |
Class B | 128.1.0.1 to 191.255.255.254 | Supports 65,000 hosts on each of 16,000 networks. |
Class C | 192.0.1.1 to 223.255.254.254 | Supports 254 hosts on each of 2 million networks. |
Class D | 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255 | Reserved for multicast groups. |
Class E | 240.0.0.0 to 254.255.255.254 | Reserved for future use, or research and development purposes. |
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