Learn the fundamentals of IP networking, including TCP/IP, the basics of Internet Protocol (IP), as well as IP addressing resources both basic and advanced for subnetting and how to calculate subnet masks. You'll also find information on network routing protocols for interconnecting multiple LANs, such as BGP, OSPF and EIGRP.
Sudhanshu Gupta Technical Consultant, Wipro Infotech ASK A QUESTION
What is IP?
17 Jun 2009 EXPERT ANSWER - Learn fundamental networking basics in this expert response defining the acronym 'IP.'
Connect your LAN to the Internet using static or dynamic NAT
Submitted By: David Davis, contributor | 29 May 2009 SCREENCAST TIP - Configuring network address translation (NAT) types is a complex process. Learn the difference between static and dynamic NAT, why they're necessary, and how to configure them.
More than 1 million DNS servers still vulnerable to Kaminsky
SearchNetworking.com | 12 Nov 2008 ARTICLE - More than 1.3 million DNS servers are still exploitable by the Kaminsky vulnerability, according to new research from vendors Infoblox and DNSstuff.
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.
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.
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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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