number of hots bits is 16
number of hosts 65 534
yes
No, end devices cannot have .0 address assigned to them. It loosely refers to the entire network subnet.
Hosts
The maximum number of hosts per class B network is 65536.
A network layer is not needed if both the hosts are in the same network. A data link layer can be used in such cases.
Hosts
Any computer which is connected to network and has unique ip address for the network.
distribution
class A ip has 16777216 host but valid hosts are only 16777214.(2^24-2)So answer is 16777214 hosts
class A supports maximum number of hosts. | | | | | <------network------><--------------------------------hosts------------------------------------>
broadcast address
Hosts with the same network portion of their IPv4 address.