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 ...

We found several utilities to help calculate IP subnets, subnet ranges, and CIDR addressing. IP Subnet Calculator (free) is a good, basic subnet calculator that shows available subnets based on IP ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the last two articles, we talked about IPv4 basics (Part IV) (Part V). We introduced the ...

I am using a strongSwan IPSec gateway for Windows 7 and Server 2008 based clients on the same subnet. The Windows VPN client requires a virtual ip address to be assigned by the IPsec gateway. What I ...

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 ...

The bits in the mask identify both hosts and subnets. The more hosts, the fewer subnets; the more subnets, the fewer hosts can be individually addressed. These bits become a tradeoff based on the ...

My book I'am reading IP fundamentals has gotten a bit confusing when getting combining several subnets which uses more bits for it's subnet number into one single ...

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If you're looking to segment a TCP/IP network, subnetting is not your only option. CIDR, or supernetting, is another way to accomplish the task and offers some unique solutions. Here's how to use ...