Lec 04 - Subnet Design and DHCP

Question 1

What is Variable Length Subnet Mask (VLSM)?

Answer 1

a subnet – a segmented piece of a larger network – design strategy where all subnet masks can have varying sizes. Or simply subnetting the subnets.

Question 2

What is supernetting? How is it used?

Answer 2

When multiple networks are combined to form a bigger network. Super netting is used in route aggregation to reduce the size of routing tables and routing table updates