Section 4 Flashcards
An 8-bit binary number. An IPv4 address consists of four octets separated by a dot.
Octet
A 32-bit number that defines the network address portion of an IPv4 address. It also identifies the of portion of the network address defines the host address.
Subnet mask
An IP address that is used to access the internet.
Public IP
An IP address that is used only on an internal network. These IP addresses do not go out on the internet.
Private IP
A feature that allows a device to automatically assign itself an IP address on the 169.254.0.0 network when a DHCP server or manual configuration is unavailable.
Automatic Private IP Addressing
(APIPA)
This address is reserved by each network interface card (NIC) and is used for testing purposes. It is also known as the home or localhost address.
Loopback address
The IP address used to send messages to all devices on the network. This is the last valid IP address on a network.
Broadcast address
The identifier (within the IP address) of a physical or logical location for a node on a network. This address is used for routing purposes to identify the network.
Network address
The process of dividing a large network into smaller networks.
Subnetting
Subnetting method in which each created subnet has an equal number of addresses.
Fixed-Length Subnet Mask
(FLSM)
Subnetting method in which each subnet can be a different size.
Variable-Length Subnet Mask
(VLSM)
A method for allocating IP addresses and for IP routing. CIDR notation is a simplified method of writing a network address with a slash followed by the number of bits in the network ID.
Classless Inter-Domain Routing
(CIDR)
The process used to determine the network address/ID.
ANDing
The process of combining two or more networks.
Supernetting
Because binary is a base-2 number system, binary numbers are expressed in terms of
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