A Class B subnet is the most common subnet class used by large organizations. There are 65,534 available IP addresses in a Class B subnet. A Class B subnet shares the first and second octets.
| Class B Subnet |
| IP Address Class | Total # Of Bits For Network ID / Host ID | 1st Octet | 2nd Octet | 3rd Octet | 4th Octet |
| Class B | 16/16 | 11111111 (255) | 11111111(255) | 00000000(0) | 00000000(0) |
See Also:
IP Address
Octet
Subnet
CIDR