Chapter 22. Variable-Length Subnet Masks

This chapter covers the following exam topics:

1.0 Network Fundamentals

1.8 Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv4 addressing and subnetting

IPv4 addressing and subnetting use a lot of terms, a lot of small math steps, and a lot of concepts that fit together. While learning those concepts, it helps to keep things as simple as possible. One way this book has kept the discussion simpler so far was to show examples that use one mask only inside a single Class A, B, or C network.

This chapter removes that restriction by introducing variable-length subnet masks (VLSM). VLSM simply means that the subnet design uses more than one mask in the same classful network. VLSM has some advantages and disadvantages, ...

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