Why class C is widely used?

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  rahul69

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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.