Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-642): Configuring Windows Server® 2008 Network Infrastructure

Lesson 2: Understanding IPv4 Addressing

IPv4 is by far the most popular networking protocol in use. Although connecting computers to an established IPv4 network is straightforward (and often entirely automatic), to implement, configure, and troubleshoot IPv4, you need to understand basic concepts about IPv4 addressing.

After this lesson, you will be able to:

• Understand the structure of an IPv4 address, including the network ID and host ID.

• Understand the function of a subnet mask.

• Understand the function of a default gateway in IP routing.

• Understand and recognize the private IPv4 address ranges.

• Understand the concept of an address block.

• Determine the number of addresses in a given address block.

• Determine the address block size needed for a given number ...