For example, if my IP address is 216.120.46.100 and I know I am on the 216.120.46 local network, I could send information to the host with the IP address 216.120.46.69 by using the address 0.0.0.60.

DHCP user classes and vendor classes alike are identifiers that use a minimum of 1 octet within the IP-address request sent from the DHCP client to the DHCP server. Their purpose is to define ...