A Vaild IP Address

[BradC]

Good day all!

I just have a quick question.

My question is: The following IP address 192.168.256.1, I would like to know why it is not a valid IP address?

I will really need a good explanation as to why it isn't.


Thank you.

 

[scudsucker]

Mostly due to binary math.

But a trivial search will help you:

https://www.google.co.za/search?q=ip+address+octet+range

 

[Sinbad]

Because IPs consist of 4 octets. an octet can only have a value from 0-255. 256 is the 9th digit in a binary number

 

[syntax]

Because IPs consist of 4 octets. an octet can only have a value from 0-255. 256 is the 9th digit in a binary number

yup, that about covers it.
You would need to understand binary and how IP addressing is put together in order to understand this explanation