Summary
A solid understanding of IP's address architecture is a prerequisite to appreciating the fundamentals of internetworking with IP. The basics presented in this chapter should help you better appreciate the mechanics of internetworking with the IP. Many of the architectural devices presented in this chapter—including CIDR, subnet masking, and VLSM—are so widely used that not understanding them will compromise your ability to support and design internetworks.
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