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  • Why class C is widely used?

    pradeep.pawar

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    Updated: Oct 24, 2024
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    Most of the ip addresses on a network range in class C which is 192.168.0.0, why class C? why not class B,C,D or E widely used?
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  • rahul69

    Member • Aug 28, 2013

    pradeep.pawar
    Most of the ip addresses on a network range in class C which is 192.168.0.0, why class C? why not class B,C,D or E widely used?
    It's because class C network has less number of hosts per network and thus suit the need of smaller organizations.
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  • Nayan Goenka

    Member • Aug 28, 2013

    Class C ip addresses are perfect for a network where there are about 100 clients(rough figure). Class C IP address is thus generalized as default and is used in basic configurations. Apart from this, the number of hosts it supports, there is no other particular reason to justify it.
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  • Anand Tamariya

    Member • Aug 28, 2013

    pradeep.pawar
    Most of the ip addresses on a network range in class C which is 192.168.0.0, why class C? why not class B,C,D or E widely used?
    Widely used? That's a wrong impression. All classes of network addresses are equally "widely used" - the reason they exist. Do some nslookup's and see for yourself.
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  • vikaskumar11233

    Member • Aug 28, 2013

    That's because C class provides large not of net masks as well as subnet masks as much as hosts are available.
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  • pradeep.pawar

    Member • Aug 28, 2013

    Anand Tamariya
    Widely used? That's a wrong impression. All classes of network addresses are equally "widely used" - the reason they exist. Do some nslookup's and see for yourself.
    Most ips range in C class in to say that.
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  • durga ch

    Member • Aug 31, 2013

    Its how an IP address was 'read' when they were introduced.
    Class A has 8 network bits and 24 host bits, so the maximum networks what can be formed are (2^8) -2, where as the number of hosts what can be accommodated is (2^24)-2. There are very very few enterprises who can use so many host IPs. hence leading to wastage of Ip addresses, the present class A IP mostly will be subnetted IPs and not a /8. Same is the case with Class B and Class C

    Classes in current age don't mean much (except in few intricate networking concepts), IP addresses currently are allocated as VLSM , based on number of Hosts IPs the company needs
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  • pradeep.pawar

    Member • Sep 1, 2013

    durga
    Its how an IP address was 'read' when they were introduced.
    Class A has 8 network bits and 24 host bits, so the maximum networks what can be formed are (2^8) -2, where as the number of hosts what can be accommodated is (2^24)-2. There are very very few enterprises who can use so many host IPs. hence leading to wastage of Ip addresses, the present class A IP mostly will be subnetted IPs and not a /8. Same is the case with Class B and Class C

    Classes in current age don't mean much (except in few intricate networking concepts), IP addresses currently are allocated as VLSM , based on number of Hosts IPs the company needs
    thanks.
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