Lantronix CoBox-FL, User Manual

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10.4 Network Address
The host address with all host bits set to 0 is used to address the network as a whole (in
routing entries, for example).
10.5 Broadcast Address
The address with the host part bits set to 1 is the broadcast address, meaning for every station.
roadcast addresses must not be used as a host address (for example,
ss).
Network and b
192.168.0.0 identifies the entire network and 192.168.0.255 identifies the broadcast addre
10.6 IP Netmask
The netmask is used to divide the IP address differently f
A, B, C. A netmask defines how many bits from the IP address ar rom the standard defined by classes
e to be taken as the network
y bits are to be taken as the host section. When the number of host bits is
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section and how man
entered, the CoBox-FL calculates the netmask. The netmask is displayed in standard decima
dot notation.
Network Bits Host Bits Netmask
Class A 8 24 255.0.0.0
Class B 16 16 255.255.0.0
Class C 24 8 255.255.255.0
Netmask Host bits
255.255.255.252 2
255.255.255.248 3
255.255.255.240 4
255.255.255.224 5
255.255.255.192 6
255.255.255.128 7
255.255.255.0 8
255.255.254.0 9
255.255.252.0 10
255.255.248.0 11
. .
. .
255.128.0.0 23
255.0.0.0 24
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