Chapter 7. More Fun with IP Addresses

What You Will Learn

After reading this chapter, you should be able to answer the following questions:

Image What is subnetting?

Image How many addressing levels are possible in an IP address?

Image What are some of the benefits of subnetting?

Image What are two main drawbacks of subnetting?

Can you see a subnetwork address in a dotted-decimal ...

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