In IPv4, there are a total of 32 bits in an IP address. The number of network and host bits varies depending on the subnet mask used. Typically, the first part of the bits represents the network portion, while the remaining bits represent the host portion. For example, in a common subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 (or /24), there are 24 bits for the network and 8 bits for hosts.
Subnet Mask
Since a subnet mask is used to separate the network id from the host id, any 1 bits indicate the network portion and the 0 bits indicate host portion. As an example, in the subnet mask: 255.255.0.0 This indicates the first two octets are used for the network, and the last two octets (ipV4) are used for host portion of an address.
When we express an IPv4 network address, we add a prefix length to the network address. The prefix length is the number of bits in the address that gives us the network portion. For example, in 172.16.4.0 /24, the /24 is the prefix length - it tells us that the first 24 bits are the network address. This leaves the remaining 8 bits, the last octet, as the host portion.
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IPv4 has 32-bits classified into 4 bytes out of which each byte is divided into network or hosts. Thus, it can have any combination like 1 host, 3 networks or 2 host, 2networks etc.
the 1 bits
There are a total of 126 networks with 16,777,214 addresses per network in a Class A Address of ipv4. Such a big range Ha!
A class A address is one of the IPv4 class-full networks. There are 3 of these class-full networks in IPv4; class (A, B, and C). The entire IPv4 address range is 32 bits long. The address range is broken up into 4 x (8 bits) referred to as octets, and then giving the whole 32 bit address range. The classes are defined as follows… Class A = reserve the first octet, or 8 bits for network addresses and leave the remaining three for host addresses. Reserving the addresses for the network is also referred to as the network mask. In other words do not assign any address in the reserved, first octet, to a host. Class A = 11111111.00000000.00000000.00000000 also known as a /8 bits reserved for net Class B = 11111111.11111111.00000000.00000000 also known as a /16 bits reserved for net Class C = 11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000 also known as a /24 bits reserved for net So the answer is; a class A network has an 8 bit field for the network, and a 24 bit field for the host
32 bits in a IPv4 address
The first 16 bits is the location of the Class B IPv4 address network ID based in classful addressing. 16 bit is an expression used for microcomputers with 16-bit microprocessors.
An IP address comes in two formats: ipV4 and ipV6. In IpV4 32 bits are allocated to the IP address. In IpV6, 128 bits are allocated to the address. This is done by the protocol and is a standard for developing an IP address.
a TcP IPv4 ip address has 32 bits.