Question

Please

It's happens to be the case that .wellesley.edu is a "class B" domain, which means all the IP addresses are of the form 149.130.x.y where x and y are 8-bit numbers. When your device connects to our network, it gets assigned one of those IP addresses.

How many devices can connect to the Wellesley network before we run out of IP addresses?

A. 1,000,000

B. 256

C. 216

D. none of the above

Answer 1

C. 2^16

Step-by-step explanation:

In Computer Networking, there are five (5) classes of IP addresses, these include;

- Class A

- Class B

- Class C

- Class D

- Class E

The various classes of IP address are represented by the value of their first octet. The first octet value of Class B is 128-191 with a subnet mask of 16.

Hence, from the IP address 149.130.x.y where x and y are 8-bit numbers. The x and y equals 16-bit numbers.

Thus, 2^16 devices can connect to the Wellesley network before we run out of IP addresses.