Chapter 19

Network Layer:
Logical Addressing

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 19-1 IPv4 ADDRESSES

An IPv4 address is a 32-bit address that uniquely and

universally defines the connection of a device (for
example, a computer or a router) to the Internet.

Topics discussed in this section:

Address Space
Notations
Classful Addressing
Classless Addressing
Network Address Translation (NAT)

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 Note

An IPv4 address is 32 bits long.

19.3
 Note

The IPv4 addresses are unique

and universal.

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 Note

The address space of IPv4 is

232 or 4,294,967,296.

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Figure 19.1 Dotted-decimal notation and binary notation for an IPv4 address

19.6
 Note

Numbering systems are reviewed in

Appendix B.

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 Example 19.1

Change the following IPv4 addresses from binary

notation to dotted-decimal notation.

Solution
We replace each group of 8 bits with its equivalent
decimal number (see Appendix B) and add dots for
separation.

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 Example 19.2

Change the following IPv4 addresses from dotted-decimal

notation to binary notation.

Solution
We replace each decimal number with its binary
equivalent (see Appendix B).

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 Example 19.3

Find the error, if any, in the following IPv4 addresses.

Solution
a. There must be no leading zero (045).
b. There can be no more than four numbers.
c. Each number needs to be less than or equal to 255.
d. A mixture of binary notation and dotted-decimal
notation is not allowed.
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 Note

In classful addressing, the address

space is divided into five classes:
A, B, C, D, and E.

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 Figure 19.2 Finding the classes in binary and dotted-decimal notation

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 Example 19.4

Find the class of each address.

a. 00000001 00001011 00001011 11101111
b. 11000001 10000011 00011011 11111111
c. 14.23.120.8
d. 252.5.15.111

Solution
a. The first bit is 0. This is a class A address.
b. The first 2 bits are 1; the third bit is 0. This is a class C
address.
c. The first byte is 14; the class is A.
d. The first byte is 252; the class is E.
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 Table 19.1 Number of blocks and block size in classful IPv4 addressing

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 Table 19.3 Addresses for private networks

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 Note

In classful addressing, a large part of the

available addresses were wasted.

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 Table 19.2 Default masks for classful addressing
Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)

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 Note

Classful addressing, which is almost

obsolete, is replaced with classless
addressing.

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 Figure 19.3 A block of 16 addresses granted to a small organization

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 Note

In IPv4 addressing, a block of

addresses can be defined as
x.y.z.t /n
in which x.y.z.t defines one of the
addresses and the /n defines the mask.

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 Note

The first address in the block can be

found by setting the rightmost
32 − n bits to 0s.

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 Example 19.6

A block of addresses is granted to a small organization.

We know that one of the addresses is 205.16.37.39/28.
What is the first address in the block?

Solution
The binary representation of the given address is
11001101 00010000 00100101 00100111
If we set 32−28 rightmost bits to 0, we get
11001101 00010000 00100101 00100000
or
205.16.37.32.
This is actually the block shown in Figure 19.3.
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 Figure 19.6 A frame in a character-oriented protocol

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 Note

The last address in the block can be

found by setting the rightmost
32 − n bits to 1s.

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 Example 19.7

Find the last address for the block in Example 19.6.

Solution
The binary representation of the given address is
11001101 00010000 00100101 00100111
If we set 32 − 28 rightmost bits to 1, we get
11001101 00010000 00100101 00101111
or
205.16.37.47
This is actually the block shown in Figure 19.3.

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 Note

The number of addresses in the block

can be found by using the formula
232−n.

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 Example 19.8

Find the number of addresses in Example 19.6.

Solution
The value of n is 28, which means that number
of addresses is 2 32−28 or 16.

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 Note

The first address in a block is

normally not assigned to any device;
it is used as the network address that
represents the organization
to the rest of the world.

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 Example

Find all subnets for the following

204.17.5.0/27

Solution
204.17.5.0 - 11001100.00010001.00000101.00000000
255.255.255.224 - 11111111. 11111111. 11111111. 11100000
32-27 = 5
2^5 =32

204.17.5.0 255.255.255.224 host address range 1 to 30

204.17.5.32 255.255.255.224 host address range 33 to 62
204.17.5.64 255.255.255.224 host address range 65 to 94
204.17.5.96 255.255.255.224 host address range 97 to 126
204.17.5.128 255.255.255.224 host address range 129 to 158
204.17.5.160 255.255.255.224 host address range 161 to 190
204.17.5.192 255.255.255.224 host address range 193 to 222
204.17.5.224 255.255.255.224 host address range 225 to 254
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 Example

Determine the subnet for the given IP address

156.67.154.75/28

Solution
255.255.255.240 - 11111111. 11111111. 11111111. 11110000
32-28=4
2^4 =16

156.67.154.0/28
156.67.154.16/28
156.67.154.32/28
156.67.154.48/28
156.67.154.64/28
156.67.154.80/28

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 Example

Determine whether the following two addresses are in the same subnet?
10.21.45.137/13 and 10.23.156.198/13

Solution
255.248.0.0 - 11111111. 11111000. 00000000. 0000000
156.67.154.75/28
16-13 = 3
2^3 =8

10.0.0.0/13
10.8.0.0/13
10.16.0.0/13
10.24.0.0/13

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 Example

Determine whether the following two addresses are in the same subnet?
10.21.45.137/13 and 10.23.156.198/13

Solution
00001010 00010101
156.67.154.75/28 00101101 10001001
11111111 11111000 00000000 00000000

00001010 00010111 10011100 11000110

11111111 11111000 00000000 00000000

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 Example

Determine the subnet for the given IP address

192.168.13.44/29

Solution
255.255.255.248 - 11111111. 11111111. 11111111. 11111000
32-29=3
2^3 =8

156.67.154.0/29
156.67.154.8/29
156.67.154.16/29
156.67.154.24/29
156.67.154.32/29
156.67.154.40/29

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 Example

192.168.13.0/24
netA 120 Hosts
netB 60 Hosts

Solution
Since you need one subnet bits, that leaves you with 7 bits for the host
portion of the address. How many hosts does this support?
2^7 = 128 (128-2=126 usable)

netA: 192.168.13.0/? 25
netB: 192.168.13.?/? 25
128

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 Example

204.15.5.0/24

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 Example

Solution
Since you need three subnet bits, that leaves you with five bits for the host
portion of the address. How many hosts does this support?
156.67.154.75/28
2^5 = 32
(30 usable)

netA: 204.15.5.0/27 host address range 1 to 30

netB: 204.15.5.32/27 host address range 33 to 62
netC: 204.15.5.64/27 host address range 65 to 94
netD: 204.15.5.96/27 host address range 97 to 126
netE: 204.15.5.128/27 host address range 129 to 158

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 VLSM Example

Solution
netA: must support 14 hosts
netB: must support 28 hosts
156.67.154.75/28
netC: must support 2 hosts
netD: must support 7 hosts
netE: must support 28 host

netA: requires a /28 (255.255.255.240) mask to support 14 hosts

netB: requires a /27 (255.255.255.224) mask to support 28
hosts netC: requires a /30 (255.255.255.252) mask to support 2 hosts
netD*: requires a /28 (255.255.255.240) mask to support 7 hosts
netE: requires a /27 (255.255.255.224) mask to support 28 hosts

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 VLSM Example

Solution
204.15.5.0
netB: must support 28 hosts
156.67.154.75/28
2^5=32 (30 usable)
Subenet mask: 11111111 11111111 11111111 11100000/27
netE: must support 28 host
2^5 = 32 (30 usable)
Subenet mask: 11111111 11111111 11111111 11100000/27
netA: must support 14 hosts
2^4= 16 (14 usable)
Subenet mask: 11111111 11111111 11111111 11110000/28

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 VLSM Example

Solution
204.15.5.0

156.67.154.75/28
netD: must support 7 hosts
2^3= 8 or 2^4 = 16 why?
Subenet mask: 11111111 11111111 11111111 11100000/28

netC: must support 2 hosts

2^2 = 4 (4-2 usable)
Subenet mask: 11111111 11111111 11111111 11111100/30

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 VLSM Example

Solution
net: 204.15.5.0/27
net: 204.15.5.32/27
net: 204.15.5.64/27
net: 204.15.5.96/27
net: 204.15.5.128/27

netB: 204.15.5.0/27 host address range 1 to 30

netE: 204.15.5.32/27 host address range 33 to 62

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 VLSM Example

Solution
net: 204.15.5.0/27 netB
net: 204.15.5.32/27 netE
net: 204.15.5.64/27 subnet
net: 204.15.5.96/27
net: 204.15.5.128/27

netA& netD : must support 14 hosts

2^4= 16 (14 usable)
Subenet mask: 11111111 11111111 11111111 11110000/28

netA: 204.15.5.64/28 host address range 65 to 78

netD: 204.15.5.80/28 host address range 81 to 94

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 VLSM Example

Solution
net: 204.15.5.0/27 netB
net: 204.15.5.32/27 netE
net: 204.15.5.64/28 netA
net: 204.15.5.80/28 netD
net: 204.15.5.96/27 Subnet
net: 204.15.5.128/27 Future

netC: must support 2 hosts

2^2 = 4 (4-2 usable)
Subenet mask: 11111111 11111111 11111111 11111100/30

netC: 204.15.5.96/30 host address range 97 to 98

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 VLSM Example

Solution
netB: 204.15.5.0/27 host address range 1 to 30
netE: 204.15.5.32/27 host address range 33 to 62
156.67.154.75/28
netA: 204.15.5.64/28 host address range 65 to 78
netD: 204.15.5.80/28 host address range 81 to 94
netC: 204.15.5.96/30 host address range 97 to 98

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 Example

192.168.1.0/24

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 VLSM Example

Solution
192.168.1.0

156.67.154.75/28
netA: must support 125 hosts
2^7= 128
32-7 = 25
Subenet mask: 11111111 11111111 11111111 10000000/25

netB: must support 60 hosts

2^6=64
32-6= 26
Subenet mask: 11111111 11111111 11111111 11000000/26

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 VLSM Example

Solution
192.168.1.0

156.67.154.75/28
netC: must support 28 hosts
2^5= 32
32-5 = 27
Subenet mask: 11111111 11111111 11111111 11100000/27

netD: must support 12 hosts

2^4=16
32-4= 28
Subenet mask: 11111111 11111111 11111111 11110000/28

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 VLSM Example

Solution
192.168.1.0

156.67.154.75/28
WAN network: must support 2 hosts
2^2= 4
32-2 = 30
Subenet mask: 11111111 11111111 11111111 11111100/30

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 Note

Each address in the block can be

considered as a two-level
hierarchical structure:
the leftmost n bits (prefix) define
the network;
the rightmost 32 − n bits define
the host.

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 Figure 19.7 Configuration and addresses in a subnetted network

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 Figure 19.8 Three-level hierarchy in an IPv4 address

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 Example 19.10

An ISP is granted a block of addresses starting with

190.100.0.0/16 (65,536 addresses). The ISP needs to
distribute these addresses to three groups of customers as
follows:
a. The first group has 64 customers; each needs 250
addresses.
b. The second group has 128 customers; each needs 124
addresses.
c. The third group has 128 customers; each needs 60
addresses.
Design the subblocks and find out how many addresses
are still available after these allocations.
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 Example 19.10 (continued)

Solution
Figure 19.9 shows the situation.
Group 1
For this group, each customer needs 250 addresses. This
means that 8 (log2 256) bits are needed to define each
host. The prefix length is then 32 − 8 = 24. The addresses
are

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 Example 19.10 (continued)

Group 2
For this group, each customer needs 124 addresses. This
means that 7 (log2 128) bits are needed to define each
host. The prefix length is then 32 − 7 = 25. The addresses
are

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 Example 19.10 (continued)
Group 3
For this group, each customer needs 60 addresses. This
means that 6 (log264) bits are needed to each host. The
prefix length is then 32 − 6 = 26. The addresses are

Number of granted addresses to the ISP: 65,536

Number of allocated addresses by the ISP: 40,960
Number of available addresses: 24,576
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 Figure 19.9 An example of address allocation and distribution by an ISP

19.55
 Figure 19.10 A NAT implementation

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 Figure 19.11 Addresses in a NAT

19.57
 Figure 19.12 NAT address translation

19.58
 Table 19.4 Five-column translation table

19.59
 Figure 19.13 An ISP and NAT

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 19-2 IPv6 ADDRESSES

Despite all short-term solutions, address depletion is

still a long-term problem for the Internet. This and
other problems in the IP protocol itself have been the
motivation for IPv6.

Topics discussed in this section:

Structure
Address Space

19.61
 Note

An IPv6 address is 128 bits long.

19.62
 Figure 19.14 IPv6 address in binary and hexadecimal colon notation

19.63
 Figure 19.15 Abbreviated IPv6 addresses

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 Example 19.11

Expand the address 0:15::1:12:1213 to its original.

Solution
We first need to align the left side of the double colon to
the left of the original pattern and the right side of the
double colon to the right of the original pattern to find
how many 0s we need to replace the double colon.

This means that the original address is.

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 Table 19.5 Type prefixes for IPv6 addresses

19.66
 Table 19.5 Type prefixes for IPv6 addresses (continued)

19.67
 Figure 19.16 Prefixes for provider-based unicast address

19.68
 Figure 19.17 Multicast address in IPv6

19.69
 Figure 19.18 Reserved addresses in IPv6

19.70
 Figure 19.19 Local addresses in IPv6

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