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, ...

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 ...

my ISP recently introduced a new product, a /29 IPv4, on top of the /32 IPv4 and IPv6 that I already get. They simply route the 8 addresses of the /29 to my current IP address. Normally, regular ...

In the last two articles, we talked about IPv4 basics (Part IV) (Part V). We introduced the concept of folding a sheet of paper to understand subnetting. Each fold of the paper is a bit borrowed from ...

Broadcast and video production systems are moving rapidly into the IP realm. Therefore, understanding IP basics is now part of the engineer’s toolkit. To understand how IP works, we need to understand ...