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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of these is a valid IPv4 address?
A
192.168.2.256
B
192.168.2.1000
C
192.168.2.200
D
192.168.2.328
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -192.168. 1.100 is the beginning of the default dynamic IP address range for some Linksys home broadband routers. It’s a private IP address that can be assigned to any device on a local network that’s set up to use this address range. It can also be used as the default gateway IP address.

Detailed explanation-2: -IP (version 4) addresses are 32-bit integers that can be expressed in hexadecimal notation. The more common format, known as dotted quad or dotted decimal, is x.x.x.x, where each x can be any value between 0 and 255. For example, 192.0. 2.146 is a valid IPv4 address.

Detailed explanation-3: -But not all IP addresses can be reached through the public internet, and 192.168.1.1 is among them. This default IP address of most Linksys routers is one of 65, 536 IP addresses in the 16-bit block of the private IPv4 address space, which includes addresses from 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255.

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