In order to make sure that now two devices share the same public IP, addresses need to be parcelled out.
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IANA parcels out IP addresses in contiguous chunks called network blocks.
First Decimal Value Addresses Hosts per Network Id Class A 1 - 126 1.0.0.0 - 126.255.255.255 16,277.214 Class B 128 - 191 128.0.0.0 - 191.255.255.255.255 65,534 Class C 192 - 223 192.0.0.0 - 223.255.255.255.255 254 Class D 224 - 239 224.0.0.0 - 239.255.255.255.255 Multicast Class E 240 - 254 240.0.0.0 - 254.255.255.255.255 Experimental -
Class A: Always begins with 0xxxxxxx
- Class B: Always begins with 10xxxxxx
- Class C: Always begins with 110xxxxx
- Class D: Always begins with 1110xxxx
- Class E: Always begins with 1111xxxx