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IP addressing is important for network engineers to organize network devices and users efficiently. Learn about topics like addressing for IPv4 and IPv6, subnetting, DHCP, and how to calculate subnet masks.
IN THIS TOPIC:  REFERENCE & LEARNING (24) , EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (142) , NEWS (7) , DEFINITIONS (37)

  REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 24
IPv4 or IPv6 -- Myths and Realities
Cisco Press | 17 Jun 2008
CHAPTER DOWNLOAD - IPv6 myths are debunked in this chapter from 'Global IPv6 Strategies.' Find answers to your IPv6 questions, learn how IPv6 was developed and named, and more.
IP address management -- from 'Network troubleshooting and diagnostics'
Realtimepublishers.com | 12 Sep 2007
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE - Learn how IP address management and maintenance tools can help manage the scope of IP addresses on your network.
IP Accounting -- from Network Management: Accounting and Performance Strategies
Cisco Press | 16 Jul 2007
CHAPTER DOWNLOAD - IP Accounting, Chapter 6 of Network Management: Accounting and Performance Strategies, describes the IP Accounting features and functions in Cisco IOS, and SNMP MIB.
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  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 142
IP ADDRESSING EXPERTS
Chris Partsenidis
Founder and Senior Editor, Firewall.cx
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Sudhanshu Gupta
Technical Consultant, Wipro Infotech
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Can IP addresses of LANs that make up a WAN be the same?
28 Oct 2008
EXPERT ANSWER - Our networking fundamentals expert answers whether the IP addresses of different physical locations (LANs) making up a WAN can be the same address. Find out if networks with the same IP address will overlap and create routing ...
How can I use VLANs and NAT to get around the need for a static IP address?
15 Oct 2008
EXPERT ANSWER - Learn how to use a VLAN and NAT to get around static IP address designation problems.
How does IPv6 subnetting work in LAN and VLAN network design?
02 Oct 2008
EXPERT ANSWER - Learn the differences between IPv4 and IPv6 addressing and subnetting for local area network (LAN) and virtual LAN (VLAN) design in this expert advice.
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  NEWS: 1 - 3 of 7
Retrospective network analysis might have found Google's lost billions
SearchNetworking.com | 16 Oct 2008
ARTICLE - When Google's stock price mysteriously dropped hundreds of points within minutes, network professionals probably called on network analysis technology to solve the problem.
Get IPv6 skills now rather than later
SearchNetworking.com | 23 Jan 2008
ARTICLE - Networking professionals are in no hurry to build up their IPv6 skills, but experts say they should start now, before IPv4 addresses run out.
Core network services: Breaking down the disconnect
SearchNetworking.com | 08 Nov 2007
ARTICLE - Core network services, like DNS and DHCP, are critical for network and applications performance, but many companies are still taking an ad hoc approach.
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MUST READ
How to subnet: Subnetting calculations and shortcuts
TIP - Learn how subnetting works in this tip and quiz on how to calculate a subnet mask. IP address classes and bit values of octets are explained in detail.

  DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 37
route aggregation
30 Jun 2008
WORD - Route aggregation is an alternate term for route summarization, which is a method used to minimize the number of routing tables required in an IP network. Also see the related term, supernetting
route summarization
30 Jun 2008
WORD - Route summarization, also called route aggregation, is a method of minimizing the number of routing tables in an IP (Internet Protocol) network. It works by consolidating selected multiple routes into a single route ...
wildcard mask
20 May 2007
WORD - A wildcard mask is a sequence of numbers that streamlines packet routing within the subnets of a proprietary network. A subnet can be a geographically defined local area network (LAN). Alternatively, a subnet may define ...
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