my employer is running out of (private) IP addresses. Because there were some rather bad decisions made during the set up of the network (like using the 129.122.0.0/16 subnet....) I do not want to add ...

We found several utilities to help calculate IP subnets, subnet ranges, and CIDR addressing. IP Subnet Calculator (free) is a good, basic subnet calculator that shows available subnets based on IP ...

Have you learned to think and dream in hex yet? That is what you are going to have to look forward to as we transition to using IPv6. Because we will be working in hexadecimal numbers we may need a ...

I am using a strongSwan IPSec gateway for Windows 7 and Server 2008 based clients on the same subnet. The Windows VPN client requires a virtual ip address to be assigned by the IPsec gateway. What I ...

The bits in the mask identify both hosts and subnets. The more hosts, the fewer subnets; the more subnets, the fewer hosts can be individually addressed. These bits become a tradeoff based on the ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One of the most prevalent problems with IP networks occurs when IP subnet masks are incorrect.

Does a static IP address make file transfers go faster than using DHCP IP addresses? No, Dr. Internet says. Did you really mean to say, in an earlier column, that using a static IP address will make ...