Class A subnet masks must start with 255.0.0.0 at a minimum, because the whole first octet of an IP address (the IP address describes the specific location on the network) is used to define the ...

IP addresses on your company network consist of three parts: the network address, the host address and the subnet mask. The network address identifies your broad network, and host addresses identify ...

Before we can go into a detailed discussion of how to calculate the number of network hosts on a network, it is important to have a satisfactory level of understanding about where the whole concept of ...