Class A Addressing:
1. First byte specifies the network portion.
2. Remaining bytes specify the host portion.
3. The highest order bit of the network byte is always 0.
4. Network values of 0 and 127 are reserved there are 126 class A networks.
5. There are more than 16 million host values for each class A network.
Class B Addressing
1. The first two byte specifies the network portion.
2. The last two bytes specify the host portion.
3. The highest order bit 6 and 7 of the network portion are 10.
4. There are more than 16 thousand class B network.
5. There are 65 thousand nodes in each class B network.
Class C Addressing
1. The first Three byte specifies the network portion.
2. The last bytes specify the host portion.
3. The highest order bit 5, 6 and 7 of the network portion are 110.
4. There are more than 2 million class C network.
5. There are 254 nodes in each class C network.
Class D Addressing
1. Class D address defines a group ID and used for multicasting
2. Internet authorities have designated some multicast address to specific groups.
Class E Addressing:
Fig show address format of class E addressing. This format begins with 1110 that show a it is reversed for the future use.