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 ...

A subnet, or subnetwork, is a segmented piece of a larger network. More specifically, subnets are a logical partition of an Internet Protocol (IP) network broken into multiple, smaller network ...

Early internet design handed out IP ranges like they were unlimited. Class A, B, C blocks went to organizations whether they needed 10 hosts or 10 million. That burned through addresses fast, and huge ...

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 ...

In "What is an IP Address: Understanding Addresses on a Network", we organized the basics of IP addresses and the differences between global and private IP addresses. Even if you have seen notations ...

In the previous article, we organized the roles of network devices such as routers, switches, and access points. This time, we will cover three terms that support how these devices actually determine ...