To understand how subnetting works, you first must have a good basic understanding of IP addresses. An IP address is set of binary octets broken into quads. That definition may not have made any sense ...

Subnet basics: Do you need separate Wi-Fi subnets in a single building? Setting up a wireless LAN (WLAN) is more of an art than a science. The answer to your question depends on how many people you ...

Subnetting and creating subnet masks is often outsourced to consultants, but doing it yourself can be both challenging and rewarding. In the IT world, specifically in networking, there aren’t many ...

The last edition of this column talked about subnets and introduced folding paper as an illustration of how subnets can be understood. This will be very useful as we proceed. MORE IPv4 SUBNETTING ...

A subnet mask is a number that specifies which parts of an IP address represent the host and network portions of the address. These masks are 32 bits in IPv4 networks and 128 bits in IPv6 networks. A ...

Ive mainly set up small networks that use less than 100 IPs, hence they all stayed in the 192.168.1.x range. But what happens when you run out of IPs on the .1.x range? How can you extend the network ...

The last editionof this column discussed subnet masks and the nature of IP addressing. In this and the following column, we will begin discussing what subnetting means and how to do it. First, though, ...