NETGEAR RangeMax WPN824 User Manual

Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824
Network, Routing, Firewall, and Basics B-3
202-10072-01, March 2005
Figure B-1: Three Main Address Classes
The five address classes are:
• Class A
Class A addresses can have up to 16,777,214 hosts on a single network. They use an eight-bit
network number and a 24-bit node number. Class A addresses are in this range:
1.x.x.x to 126.x.x.x.
• Class B
Class B addresses can have up to 65,354 hosts on a network. A Class B address uses a 16-bit
network number and a 16-bit node number. Class B addresses are in this range:
128.1.x.x to 191.254.x.x.
• Class C
Class C addresses can have 254 hosts on a network. Class C addresses use 24 bits for the
network address and eight bits for the node. They are in this range:
192.0.1.x to 223.255.254.x.
• Class D
Class D addresses are used for multicasts (messages sent to many hosts). Class D addresses are
in this range:
224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255.
• Class E
Class E addresses are for experimental use.
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NETGEAR RangeMax WPN824 Specifications

General

Bandwidth	2.4 GHz
xDSL connection	Yes
Dimensions (WxDxH)	223 x 153 x 31 mm
Maximum data transfer rate	0.108 Gbit/s
Security algorithms	WPA-PSK
Networking standards	IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
Supports ISDN connection	No
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	4

Weight and Dimensions

Weight	500 g