If your company network is having problems and you need to troubleshoot it, you also need to know some basic information about the computers on the network. Internet Protocol is the underlying ...

OK, so I have a subnet (192.168.11.0) that currently has all servers and clients on it. It's running out of addresses. So, I create a new subnet (192.168.12.0) and change my DHCP server (Fortigate ...

Subnetting and creating subnet masks is often outsourced to consultants, but doing it yourself can be both challenging and rewarding. In the IT world, specifically in networking, there aren’t many ...

To understand how subnetting works, you first must have a good basic understanding of IP addresses. An IP address is set of binary octets broken into quads. That definition may not have made any sense ...

IP addresses on your company network consist of three parts: the network address, the host address and the subnet mask. The network address identifies your broad network, and host addresses identify ...

Ok. guys I'm new in networking. I just read about the tcp/ip chapter in MCSA of William Panek. This line really confuses me. I think something is wrong. "What happens if you need eight subnets in your ...

In my previous post I wrote about all the positives we get from the almost incomprehensibly massive IPv6 address space, all there for our enjoyment if we will just break free of our long-ingrained ...

Subnet Mask divides the IP address into two segments and informs the computer which part is the network bit and which one is the host bit. For example, if there is an IP address: 192.168.0.1, it will ...

In this chapter, you will learn about the addressing used in IPv4 and IPv6. We'll assign addresses of both types to various interfaces on the hosts and routers of the Illustrated Network. We'll ...

Although IPv6 adoption seems to be moving at a snail’s pace, there’s no outrunning it. Brien Posey demystifies some of the addressing issues many admins are still trying to figure out. [Editor’s note: ...