Question 36
How many bits are allocated for the host portion in a standard Class A IPv4 network?
Class A IPv4 networks dedicate 8 bits to the network ID (leading bit 0) and 24 bits to host IDs, allowing $2^24 - 2$ = 16,777,214 hosts per network.
How many bits are allocated for the host portion in a standard Class A IPv4 network?
Class A IPv4 networks dedicate 8 bits to the network ID (leading bit 0) and 24 bits to host IDs, allowing $2^24 - 2$ = 16,777,214 hosts per network.
Which IPv4 address class has the leading binary bits '110'?
Leading bits define classes: Class A begins with '0', Class B with '10', Class C with '110' (ranges 192-223), Class D with '1110', and Class E with '1111'.
What is the broadcast address for the subnet 172.16.32.0/20?
/20 mask has 12 host bits. In the 3rd octet, mask is 240, block size is 256 - 240 = 16. Subnet spans from 172.16.32.0 to 172.16.47.255. Broadcast is 172.16.47.255.
Which field in the IPv4 header is specifically inspected and decremented by each forwarding router to prevent packets from endlessly looping?
Every router that forwards an IPv4 datagram decrements its TTL field by at least 1. If TTL hits 0, the packet is discarded and an ICMP Time Exceeded message is returned.
What value in the IPv4 Protocol field identifies that the payload encapsulated within the IP datagram is a TCP segment?
Common protocol numbers in the IPv4 header include: ICMP = 1, IGMP = 2, TCP = 6, and UDP = 17.