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- Network addresses: the address assigned to a network, out of which the available host addresses can be deduced. Often the network addresses are used in the routing tables of the device, as it is shown below. The lowest address from the allowed range is used as the network address: in example 1 - 10.94.200.0 is the network address and in example 2 - 192.17.0.0 is the network address.
- Broadcast address: recipients of this address are all this address refers to all the devices connected to the network. A packet with a network broadcast address set as the destination will be delivered to all the devices connected to this network. The highest address from the allowed range is used as the broadcast address: in example 1 - 10.94.200.255 , is the broadcast address and in example 2 - 192.17.0.3 is the broadcast address.
- Nodes Node or host addresses: addresses that can be assigned to the network interfaces of the devices connected to the network. All allowed addresses can be used as node addresses, except for the network address and the broadcast address: in example 1 - 10.94.200.1-10.94.200.254 , are node or host addresses and in example 2 - 192.17.0.1-192.17.0.2 are the available node addresses.
Place of the router in the network
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