A subnet mask is a number that specifies which parts of an IP address represent the host and network portions of the address. These masks are 32 bits in IPv4 networks and 128 bits in IPv6 networks. A ...

OK say you have a range of IP addresses, 66.135.192.0 - 66.135.223.255. How would you find out the hostmask to use to encompass all of these addresses? i.e. "Allow 66.135.192.0 / 255.255.0.0 " 255.255 ...

I am somewhat of a neophyte when it comes to networking and making it all work. However, I've recently come into a situation at work where some more information would definitely help things. So I turn ...

A subnet, or subnetwork, is a segmented piece of a larger network. More specifically, subnets are a logical partition of an Internet Protocol (IP) network broken into multiple, smaller network ...