The two addresses you've provided are an IP address and a subnet mask.
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IP Address:
192.168.100.100
- This is a private IPv4 address commonly used in local networks. It's part of the IPv4 address range reserved for private use (specifically 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255).
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Subnet Mask:
255.255.255.224
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This subnet mask is used to determine the network and host portions of the IP address. In this case, the subnet mask
255.255.255.224
or/27
indicates that the first 27 bits are used for the network address, leaving 5 bits for host addresses. -
This subnet mask allows for 32 IP addresses total in that subnet (2^5 = 32), but only 30 are usable for hosts (the first address is the network address and the last address is the broadcast address).
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If you were using this subnet mask with the provided IP address, the network address would be 192.168.100.96
, the broadcast address would be 192.168.100.127
, and the usable host IP addresses would range from 192.168.100.97
to 192.168.100.126
.