Chapter 3. IP Addressing and Allocation Techniques
This chapter covers the following key topics:
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Overview of Internet addressing— Provides an overview of IPv4 Class A/B/C addressing and basic subnetting concepts.
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Variable-length subnet masks (VLSMs)— Provides a description of variable-length subnet masks and how they can be used in efficient assignment of the IP address space.
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IP address space depletion— Discusses how the problem of IP address space depletion is being managed through creative address allocation, supernetting, private addressing, and next-generation protocols.
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Private addressing and Network Address Translation (NAT)— Discusses how NAT software is used to map between private and global IP addresses.
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IP version 6 (IPv6)— ...
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