There are two types of Broadcast IP addresses: Local Broadcast IP address Directed Broadcast IP address. They mostly serve the same function. But one of them contains…
Category: Networking
Security is among the most important considerations in network design. Malicious users and attackers are always trying to find ways of compromising the privacy and…
In networking, creating a firewall pinhole is a method that allows hosts outside an enterprise network to gain access to a resource, such as a…
Before a host can communicate on a network, it must be configured with network parameters. The absolute minimum requirement for communication to take place is…
The 64-bit Extended Unique Identifier (EUI-64) is a special address format that maps device hardware network addresses into IPv6 addresses. This method makes use of…
Overview Ipv6 is one of the most emerging technologies in networks. IPv4 addresses are almost exhausted and as such there is need for a new…
Overview In the previous article, we looked at static routing. We saw how the router finds the best path to a network. We configured static…
Overview With this article we start our journey into the world of routing. In the next few articles, we will try to understand how the…
Classful addressing in IPv4 When IPv4 addresses were introduced, the standard was based on classes on the RFC 791 standard. There were three classes that…
Overview In this article, we will look at ipv4 addressing. This is one of the most important concepts in networking and will be critical to…