Chapter 9

IPv4 and Network Segmentation

Objectives

Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions:

  • What are the characteristics and uses of the unicast, broadcast, and multicast IPv4 addresses?

  • What are public, private, and reserved IPv4 addresses?

  • How does subnetting segment a network to enable better communication?

Key Terms

This chapter uses the following key terms. You can find the definitions in the Glossary.

broadcast transmission

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)

link-local address

loopback address

multicast transmission

Network Address Translation (NAT)

private IPv4 address

public IPv4 address

Regional Internet Registry (RIR)

unicast transmission

Introduction (9.0)

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