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Cisco Routers for the Desperate, 2nd Edition
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Cisco Routers for the Desperate, 2nd Edition

by Michael W. Lucas
March 2009
Beginner to intermediate
144 pages
3h 13m
English
No Starch Press
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Practical Netmasks

The end result of netmasks being in binary is that IP addresses are issued in blocks that are multiples of two. If you have 5 bits to play with, you'll have 32 (2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 32) IP addresses on your network, and your netmask will be a /27 (32 – 5 = 27). If you have 8 bits for your hosts, you have (28) or 256 IP addresses. If you're told that you have 55 IP addresses, you're either sharing a network with other people or you need to learn what your network administrator is drinking and get him to share.

It's not uncommon to see a host IP with ...

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