Hosts
The maximum number of hosts per class B network is 65536.
Hosts
A hierarchical network
<network-number>.255.255 e.g. 127.0.255.255
Hosts
The maximum number of hosts per class B network is 65536.
A network layer is not needed if both the hosts are in the same network. A data link layer can be used in such cases.
Hosts
distribution
class A supports maximum number of hosts. | | | | | <------network------><--------------------------------hosts------------------------------------>
broadcast address
Hosts with the same network portion of their IPv4 address.
You can communicate only with hosts on your own physical network and with hosts on networks for which an explicit route exists, but not with hosts which are beyond the gateway and where no explicit route exists. Or, you can reach local machines but you can't reach Internet machines.
physical topology
malware
The whole network will be down and none of the hosts will have network connectivity.