Day 20. Describe the Need for and Role of Addressing in a Network

Just as with the postal system, no address means no delivery on a network. As a network administrator, you have the unique opportunity to give unique numeric names to each of your beloved devices. These names, or IP addresses, become known throughout your network and represent the services and devices cooperating to provide information to your users. Network addressing is an exciting activity. Chapters 2 and 5 of CCNA Discovery 1 introduce the main concepts of network addressing.

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