Chapter 11
IPv4 Addressing
Objectives
Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions:
What is the structure of an IPv4 address, including the network portion, the host portion, and the subnet mask?
What are the characteristics and uses of unicast, broadcast, and multicast IPv4 addresses?
What are public, private, and reserved IPv4 addresses?
How does subnetting a network enable better communication?
How do you calculate IPv4 subnets for a /24 prefix?
How do you calculate IPv4 subnets for /16 and /8 prefixes?
Given a set of requirements for subnetting, how do you implement an IPv4 addressing scheme?
How do you create a flexible addressing scheme using variable-length subnet masking (VLSM)?
How do you implement ...
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