Understanding IP Addressing: Everything
You Ever Wanted To Know
CONTENTS
Internet Scaling Problems
1
Classful IP Addressing
3
Subnetting 7
Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSM)
18
Classless Inter Domain Routing (CIDR)
31
New Solutions for Scaling the Internet Address Space
39
IPv6 Resolves IPv4 Issues
42
Additional IPv6 Features
49
Keeping Current on Internet Addressing Issues
50
Appendix A References
52
Appendix B Classful IP Addressing
55
Appendix C Subnetting Exercises
57
Appendix D VLSM Exercise
61
Appendix E CIDR Exercises
66
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