Many in the industry realize that as we migrate to IPv6 there will be a day when IPv4 is not needed anymore. However, that transition seems daunting and may take decades. In the meantime, ...

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The last editionof this column discussed subnet masks and the nature of IP addressing. In this and the following column, we will begin discussing what subnetting means and how to do it. First, though, ...

Have you learned to think and dream in hex yet? That is what you are going to have to look forward to as we transition to using IPv6. Because we will be working in hexadecimal numbers we may need a ...

Today, the standard methods for moving the network/host address boundary are variable-length subnet masking (VLSM) for host addressing and routing inside a routing domain, and classless interdomain ...

Before we can go into a detailed discussion of how to calculate the number of network hosts on a network, it is important to have a satisfactory level of understanding about where the whole concept of ...

In this next episode of NetworkChuck’s you SUCK at Subnetting course, we dive a bit deeper into how RFC1918 and NAT saved the internet from crumbling due to IP address exhaustion. So don’t miss out as ...