We just saw that the mask determines where the boundary between the network and host portions of the IP address lies. This boundary is important: If it is set too far to the right, there are lots of ...

Rather than layering security onto networks, the networks themselves and carefully managed authorization policies can hinder attacks, but at an administrative cost. Why is it that over 90% of ...

Table 1. This table illustrates subnet masks. The number after the “/” in the CIDR notation indicates the total number of IP addresses available. Click here to see an enlarged diagram. Understanding ...

This is the first of many technical blog posts I’m going to post on IPv6 architecture and implementation for a Microsoft Windows-based environment. I started off with a basic introduction of the IPv4 ...

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 ...

Knowing how an IP address identifies a host on a network can be confusing. Before you begin calculating various addresses, you should know the fundamentals of IP addressing. Todd Lammle describes this ...

When you set up the first network for a small business, you may not give much thought to how the company's growth will affect your IP addressing scheme. By planning ahead at the beginning, you can ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Network addressing is fundamental to all networked professional video facilities, so it is ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) — Thousands of users have ...