VLSM

Use a default subnet mask...

• Classless IP Addresses

• Classful IP Addresses

• VLSM

• CIDR

Method used to divide an IP address into subnets of different sizes.

• IANA

• CIDR

• VLSM

• Subnetting

Process of dividing a large network into smaller networks...

• Supernetting

• CIDR

• Classful IP Addressing

• Subnetting

Allow hosts to participate on IP-based networks...

• Subnet Masks

• Routers

• IP Addresses

• ISP

32-bit number that defines which portion of an IPv4 address identifies the network address and which portion defines the host address.

• Octet

• Quartet

• Subnet ID

• Subnet Mask

Special server configured to pass out IP addresses and other IP configuration information to network clients. These ensure that each client is assigned a unique IP address.

• DNS

• Active Directory

• DCHP

• DHCP

Addressing means that IP configuration information is manually configured on each host.

• DHCP

• DNS

• IPv6

• Static

On each IP subnet

• the first and last IP addresses are unusable
• all IP addresses are usable
• only the even IP addresses are usable
• only the odd IP addresses are usable

The first IP address on each subnet represents

• the entire network (its identity)
• the broadcast IP address for the subnet
• the gateway’s IP address
• nothing in particular

The last IP address on each subnet represents

• the entire network (its identity)
• the broadcast IP address for the subnet
• the gateway’s IP address
• nothing in particular