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TestOut Network Pro

TestOut Network ProEnglish 6.0 Chapter 6 Network Addressing and Services

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What is the format of an IPv4 address?
What is the purpose of a subnet mask?
What are the different classes of IPv4 addresses?
What is the purpose of subnetting?
What formula is used to calculate the number of hosts per subnet?
What does /14 mean in the following IP address: 199.78.11.12/14?
How do you configure IP addresses on a workstation?
How do you configure IP addresses on an iPad?
How do you configure IP addresses on mobile devices?
Octet An 8-bit binary number. An IPv4 address consists of four octets separated by a dot.
Subnet mask A 32-bit number that defines which portion of an IPv4 address identifies the network address and which portion of the address defines the host address.
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) A nonprofit, private American corporation that oversees global IP address allocation, autonomous system number allocation, root zone management in the Domain Name System, media types, and other Internet Protocol-related symbols and internet numbers.
Public IP An IP address that is used to access the internet.
Private IP An IP address that is used only on an internal network. These IP addresses do not go out on the internet.
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) A feature that allows a device to automatically assign itself an IP address on the 169.254.0.0 network when a DHCP server or manual configuration is unavailable.
Loopback address special address is also known as home or localhost. This address is reserved by each network interface card (NIC) & is used for testing purposes. Ping requests can be sent to this address and if returned means that the NIC is capable of sending and receiv
Broadcast address The last valid IP address on a network. It is reserved for broadcast functions. Any packet sent to this address will be sent to all devices on the network.
Network address The first valid IP address on the network. This address is used for routing purposes to identify the network.
Subnetting The process of dividing a large network into smaller networks.
Fixed-length subnet mask (FLSM) Subnetting method in which each created subnet has an equal number of addresses.
Variable-length subnet mask (VLSM) Subnetting method in which each subnet can be a different size.
Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) A method for allocating IP addresses and for IP routing. CIDR notation is a simplified method of writing a network address with a slash followed by the number of bits in the network ID.
ANDing The process used to determine the network address/ID.
Supernetting The process of combining two or more networks.
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