IP ad masking and classes?!!

[Guest]

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I want to understand how IP address classes work?
One things I do not understand is this

163.40.219.6
255.255.255.0
===============
163.40.219.1 (corresponding to subnet)

My question why the result of the above mask not (163.40.219.1)

Do you know the idea behind class B and C IP, how they came with these
numbers and why? What I mean, class C for example the IP address start
from 192!! why is that? why not 200, or 196 or any other number??

 

[Jack]

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esara <esara123@hotmail.com> wrote:
: I want to understand how IP address classes work?
<snip>

Listen up, slacker. Quit posting your homework questions on Usenet and
do the research **yourself.** Why don't you just open up your textbook
and read it, maybe you might just learn something. Lamer. LOL!

J.

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