Classful addressing (A/B/C) is historical — the Internet uses CIDR: a prefix length /n defines network vs host bits. Private ranges (RFC 1918) fuel NAT inside enterprises; public addresses are routed globally with BGP.
Classful addressing (A/B/C) is historical — the Internet uses CIDR: a prefix length /n defines network vs host bits. Private ranges (RFC 1918) fuel NAT inside enterprises; public addresses are routed globally with BGP.