Network Address
- Network Address
- The network address is the first address in a range of IP addresses and is used to communicate with all network devices on a particular network. The network address contains zeroes in the host portion of the IP address.
Example Network Address
The network address in a range of IP addresses always contains all zeroes in the host portion of the address as shown below:
| 192 | . | 168 | . | 1 | . | 0 |
| 11000000 | 10001010 | 00000001 | 00000000 |
The network address is important to network equipment, to routers and to routing. Network addresses are used to represent destination networks in routing tables.
