TCP/IP Protocol Suite 4th Edition by Behrouz Forouzan

Exercise 1

Exactly describe why we cannot use the CIDR notation for the following blocks in
Table 12.1:
a. AD HOC block with the range 224.0.2.0 to 224.0.255.255.
b. The first reserved block with the range 224.3.0.0 to 231.255.255.255.
c. The second reserved block with the range 234.0.0.0 to 238.255.255.255
Table 12.1 Multicast Address Ranges