did you hear <> say in news:8be401c4d347
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> I do understanding subnetting however it would be nice if
> i could be given a clue as to what I would consider more
> carefully. Sorry for my responds but I just trying to
> learn. Thanks.
if you are ok with subnetting then it should be no problem knowing which
hosts are in your sub-network. realizing this you must then have a router
within your sub-network to connect to hosts outside your sub-network.
example:
if I have an address of 192.168.10.35 and my subnet mask is 255.255.255.248
then you should know from the number of bits in the mask that every group
of 8 is a new sub-network. the range here would go from 32 to 39, but 32 is
the identifier of the network and 39 is the broadcast address, so the
available hosts are from 33 to 38. I would need to have a router which I
can broadcast for the mac address (ARP) within this range or I would not be
able to communicate outside this range. my Router also can not be my
address so I'm not down to 5 possible addresses that it can be. From giving
you an address and a subnet mask you can tell a lot.
While I would _STRONGLY_ recommend sitting down with a piece of paper and
pencil and doing everythign from binary (only way to learn IP IMHO) you
might also want to grab:
http://www.wildpackets.com/products/ipsubnetcalculator
But remember IP calcs will not be on the test - the Cisco, MS or real life
one...
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learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for
their apparent disinclination to do so."
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