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N10-005 · Question #717

Which of the following would be considered a Class C private address?

The correct answer is B. 192.168.50.125. RFC 1918 defines three private IP ranges by class. The Class C private range is 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.255.

Networking concepts

Question

Which of the following would be considered a Class C private address?

Options

  • A10.0.0.125
  • B192.168.50.125
  • C192.169.0.132
  • D255.255.255.0

How the community answered

(50 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    94% (47)
  • C
    4% (2)

Why each option

RFC 1918 defines three private IP ranges by class. The Class C private range is 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.255.

A10.0.0.125

10.0.0.125 is a Class A private address, part of the 10.0.0.0/8 range defined by RFC 1918.

B192.168.50.125Correct

192.168.50.125 falls within the Class C private address space defined by RFC 1918, which spans 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255. The first two octets 192.168 identify it as a Class C private address, and the host portion 50.125 is within the valid range.

C192.169.0.132

192.169.0.132 is not a private address - the Class C private range ends at 192.168.255.255, so 192.169.x.x is a public routable address.

D255.255.255.0

255.255.255.0 is a subnet mask, not a host IP address, and cannot be classified as a private address of any class.

Concept tested: RFC 1918 private IP address classes

Source: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1918

Topics

#private IP addresses#Class C#RFC 1918#IPv4

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