Table of Contents - Chapter 18 IP: Internet Protocol Addresses 18.1 Introduction 285 18.2 Addresses For The Virtual Internet 285 18.3 The IP Addressing Scheme 286 18.4 The IP Address Hierarchy 287 18.5 Original Classes Of IP Addresses 287 18.6 Computing The Class of An Address 289 18.7 Dotted Decimal Notation 290 18.8 Classes And Dotted Decimal Notation 291 18.9 Division Of The Address Space 291 18.10 Authority For Addresses 292 18.11 A Classful Addressing Example 292 18.12 Subnet And Classless Addressing 293 18.13 Address Masks 294 18.14 CIDR Notation 295 18.15 A CIDR Address Block Example 295 18.16 CIDR Host Addresses 296 18.17 Special IP Addresses 297 18.17.1 Network Address 297 18.17.2 Directed Broadcast Address 297 18.17.3 Limited Broadcast Address 297 18.17.4 This Computer Address 298 18.17.5 Loopback Address 298 18.18 Summary Of Special IP Addresses 298 18.19 The Berkeley Broadcast Address Form 299 18.20 Routers And The IP Addressing Principle 299 18.21 Multi-Homed Hosts 301 18.22 Summary 301 Exercises 302