According to '''IPv4''', the address contained 32 bits and there are private networks and multicast networks. The IPv4 addresses are consist of four decimal numbers ranging between 0-255, but the IPv4 address can also be represented as binary, octal or hexadecimal forms. The IPv4 addresses were exhausted due to the low supply of allocated addresses from [[IANA]] (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) and the [[RIR]]s (Regional Internet Registries). | According to '''IPv4''', the address contained 32 bits and there are private networks and multicast networks. The IPv4 addresses are consist of four decimal numbers ranging between 0-255, but the IPv4 address can also be represented as binary, octal or hexadecimal forms. The IPv4 addresses were exhausted due to the low supply of allocated addresses from [[IANA]] (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) and the [[RIR]]s (Regional Internet Registries). |