Chapter 8. Hexadecimal and Binary Numbering and IP Addressing

This chapter helps you understand the structure of IP addresses and how to use subnetting and supernetting, a newer concept, to more effectively control major network address space. The chapter is broken into the following sections:

  • Binary numbering versus decimal numbering

  • Hexadecimal numbering versus decimal numbering

  • Introduction to the 32-bit IP address

  • Understanding subnet masks, subnetting, and supernetting

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