I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...

It's imperative for sys admins to manage IP addressing properly, even in simple networks. Routers, firewalls and monitoring tools all use IP addresses to uniquely identify and organize network devices ...

Most people understand that when you connect to the internet, your internet service provider assigns your modem and network an internet protocol (IP) address. That's your external or public-facing IP.

Network professionals recognize the importance of correctly configuring IP addresses on network nodes. IP addresses -- and their related subnet masks -- are critical to network communications. Most ...