To connect some copiers or multi-function printers to a router, you may need to know the subnet mask value for the network. A subnet mask defines the value range of IP addresses used in a workgroup.

The following summarizes how networks, subnetworks and hosts are identified in the TCP/IP protocol. An IP address is first divided between networks and hosts. The host bits are further divided between ...

Supernetting was created as a way to solve the problem of routing tables growing beyond our current ability to manage the exhaustion of Class B network address space. Much like one area code ...

I just took a Microsoft exam, Win2k 70-216 Network Infrastucture. I passed the test, but there are parts that I did not know. So I was hoping I could give you guys a few questions and you guys could ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One of the most prevalent problems with IP networks occurs when IP subnet masks are incorrect.

I feel stupid asking this, but I have always had a hard time understanding subnets no matter how much I have read on them. I always end up more confused than when I started.<BR><BR>What I do ...

The second part of a TCP/IP address that defines the subnetwork in which the device resides. The subnet ID number is shared with the host ID. See subnet mask and subnet mask tables. THIS DEFINITION IS ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The last edition of this column talked about subnets and introduced folding paper as an ...