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NEOBIT 1014VA ADSL Router User’s Guide 
Appendix A. IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets  
uses the remaining 7 bits in field4 for its host IDs, which range from 
0 to 127 (instead of the usual 0 to 255 for a class C address). 
Similarly, to split a class C network into four subnets, the mask is: 
255.255.255.192    or    11111111. 11111111. 11111111.11000000 
The two extra bits in field4 can have four values (00, 01, 10, 11), so 
there are four subnets. Each subnet uses the remaining six bits in 
field4 for its host IDs, ranging from 0 to 63. 
 
 
Note 
Sometimes a subnet mask does not specify any additional 
network ID bits, and thus no subnets. Such a mask is called a 
default subnet mask. These masks are: 
Class A: 
255.0.0.0 
Class B: 
255.255.0.0 
Class C: 
255.255.255.0 
These are called default because they are used when a network is 
initially configured, at which time it has no subnets.