Ch 7 Flashcards
prefix length
shorthand method of identifying subnet mask
multicast definition
the process of sending a packet from one host to a selected group of hosts, possibly in different networks
directed broadcast
sent to all hosts on a specific network
limited broadcasts
sent to 255.255.255.255
APIPA
Automatic Private IP Addressing
used by Windows DHCP client to self-configure if DHCP unavailable
useful in peer-to-peer communication
classless addressing
service providers can allocate IPv4 addresses on any address bit boundary (prefix length) instead of only by class.
IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.
Allocates blocks of IPs to RIR
Works on behalf of ICANN.
RIR
Regional Internet Registries
allocate IPs to ISP
some organizations can get IPs directly from RIR
ARIN
American Registry for Internet Numbers
manages IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for North America
Other RIRs
RIPE (Europe and Central Asia)
APNIC (Asia Pacific)
AfriNIC (NIC = Network Information Centre)
LACNIC
private addresses
- 0.0.0 /8
- 16.0.0 /12 (31)
- 168.0.0 /16
loopback
172.0.0.0 /8
APIPA
169.254.0.0 /16
Class A
0.0.0.0 /8 to 127.0.0.0 /8
128 networks
16,777,214 hosts per network
50% of addresses
Class B
128.0.0.0 /16 - 191.255.0.0 /16
16,384 networks
65,534 hosts per network
25% of addresses
Class C
192.0.0.0 /24 - 223.255.255.0 /24
2,097,152 networks
254 hosts per network
12.5% of addresses