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- Network Working Group J. Postel
- Request for Comments: 796 ISI
- Replaces: IEN 115 September 1981
- ADDRESS MAPPINGS
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- Internet Addresses
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- This memo describes the relationship between address fields used in
- the Internet Protocol (IP) [1] and several specific networks.
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- An internet address is a 32 bit quantity, with several codings as
- shown below.
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- The first type (or class a) of address has a 7-bit network number and
- a 24-bit local address.
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- 1 2 3
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
- |0| NETWORK | Local Address |
- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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- Class A Address
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- The second type (or class b) of address has a 14-bit network number
- and a 16-bit local address.
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- 1 2 3
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
- |1 0| NETWORK | Local Address |
- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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- Class B Address
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- The third type (or class c) of address has a 21-bit network number
- and a 8-bit local address.
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- 1 2 3
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
- |1 1 0| NETWORK | Local Address |
- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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- Class C Address
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- The local address carries information to address a host in the
- network identified by the network number. Since each network has a
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- particular address format and length, the following section describes
- the mapping between internet local addresses and the actual address
- format used in the particular network.
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- Internet to Local Net Address Mappings
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- The following transformations are used to convert internet addresses
- to local net addresses and vice versa:
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- AUTODIN II
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- The AUTODIN II has 16 bit subscriber addresses which identify
- either a host or a terminal. These addresses may be assigned
- independent of location. The 16 bit AUTODIN II address is
- located in the 24 bit internet local address as shown below.
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- The network number of the AUTODIN II is 26 (Class A).
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- +----------------+
- | HOST/TERMINAL | AUTODIN II
- +----------------+
- 16
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- +--------+--------+--------+--------+
- | 26 | ZERO | HOST/TERMINAL | IP
- +--------+--------+--------+--------+
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- ARPANET
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- The ARPANET (with 96 bit leaders) has 24 bit addresses. The 24
- bits are assigned to host, logical host, and IMP leader fields
- as illustrated below. These 24 bit addresses are used directly
- for the 24 bit local address of the internet address. However,
- the ARPANET IMPs do not yet support this form of logical
- addressing so the logical host field is set to zero in the
- leader.
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- The network number of the ARPANET is 10 (Class A).
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- +--------+--------+--------+
- | HOST | ZERO | IMP | ARPANET
- +--------+--------+--------+
- 8 8 8
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- +--------+--------+--------+--------+
- | 10 | HOST | LH | IMP | IP
- +--------+--------+--------+--------+
- 8 8 8 8
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- DCNs
- ----
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- The Distributed Computing Networks (DCNs) at COMSAT and UCL use
- 16 bit addresses divided into an 8 bit host identifier (HID),
- and an 8 bit process identifier (PID). The format locates
- these 16 bits in the low order 16 bits of the 24 bit internet
- address, as shown below.
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- The network number of the COMSAT-DCN is 29 (Class A), and of
- the UCL-DCN is 30 (Class A).
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- +--------+--------+
- | HID | PID | DCN
- +--------+--------+
- 8 8
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- +--------+--------+--------+--------+
- | 18 | ZERO | HID | PID | IP
- +--------+--------+--------+--------+
- 8 8 8 8
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- EDN
- ---
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- The Experimental Data Network at the Defense Communication
- Engineering Center (DCEC) uses the same type of addresses as
- the ARPANET (with 96 bit leaders) and has 24 bit addresses.
- The 24 bits are assigned to host, logical host, and IMP leader
- fields as illustrated below. These 24 bit addresses are used
- directly for the 24 bit local address of the internet address.
- However, the IMPs do not yet support this form of logical
- addressing so the logical host field is set to zero in the
- leader.
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- The network number of the EDN is 21 (Class A).
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- +--------+--------+--------+
- | HOST | ZERO | IMP | EDN
- +--------+--------+--------+
- 8 8 8
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- +--------+--------+--------+--------+
- | 21 | HOST | LH | IMP | IP
- +--------+--------+--------+--------+
- 8 8 8 8
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- LCSNET
- ------
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- The LCS NET at MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science uses 32
- bit addresses of several formats. Please see [3] for more
- details. The most common format locates the low order 24 bits
- of the 32 bit LCS NET address in the 24 bit internet local
- address, as shown below.
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- The network number of the LCS NET is 18 (Class A).
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- +--------+--------+--------+
- | SUBNET |RESERVED| HOST | LCSNET
- +--------+--------+--------+
- 8 8 8
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- +--------+--------+--------+--------+
- | 18 | SUBNET |RESERVED| HOST | IP
- +--------+--------+--------+--------+
- 8 8 8 8
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- PRNET
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- The Packet Radio networks use 16 bit addresses. These are
- independent of location (indeed the hosts may be mobile). The
- 16 bit PRNET addresses are located in the 24 bit internet local
- address as shown below.
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- The network numbers of the PRNETs are:
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- BBN-PR 1 (Class A)
- SF-PR-1 2 (Class A)
- SILL-PR 5 (Class A)
- SF-PR-2 6 (Class A)
- BRAGG-PR 9 (Class A)
- DC-PR 20 (Class A)
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- +--------+--------+
- | HOST | PRNET
- +--------+--------+
- 16
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- +--------+--------+--------+--------+
- | net | ZERO | HOST | IP
- +--------+--------+--------+--------+
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- SATNET
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- The Atlantic Satellite Packet Network has 16 bit addresses for
- hosts. These addresses may be assigned independent of location
- (i.e., ground station). It is also possible to assign several
- addresses to one physical host, so the addresses are logical
- addresses. The 16 bit SATNET address is located in the 24 bit
- internet local address as shown below.
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- The network number of the SATNET is 4 (Class A).
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- +--------+--------+
- | HOST | SATNET
- +--------+--------+
- 16
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- +--------+--------+--------+--------+
- | 4 | ZERO | HOST | IP
- +--------+--------+--------+--------+
- 8 8 16
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- WBCNET
- ------
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- The Wideband Communication Satellite Packet Network (WBCNET)
- Host Access Protocol (HAP) has 16 bit addresses for hosts. It
- is possible to assign several addresses to one physical host,
- so the addresses are logical addresses. The 16 bit WBCNET
- address is divided into a HAP Number field and a Local Address
- field, and is located in the 24 bit internet local address as
- shown below. Please see [2] for more details.
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- The network number of the WBCNET is 28 (Class A).
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- +--------+--------+
- | HAP NUM| LCL ADD| WBCNET
- +--------+--------+
- 8 8
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- +--------+--------+--------+--------+
- | 28 | HAP NUM| ZERO | LCL ADD| IP
- +--------+--------+--------+--------+
- 8 8 8 8
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- References
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- [1] Postel, J. (ed.), "Internet Protocol - DARPA Internet Program
- Protocol Specification," RFC 791, USC/Information Sciences
- Institute, September 1981.
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- [2] Pershing J., "Addressing Revisited," Bolt Beranek and Newman
- Inc., W Note 27, May 1981.
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- [3] Noel Chiappa, David Clark, David Reed, "LCS Net Address
- Format," M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science Network
- Implementation, Note No.5, IEN 82, February 1979.
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