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TCP and IP settings
How do computers communicate in a network
A.2.1
IP address
An IP address consists of two parts. The table below describes these
two parts.
The division between network portion and node portion is not obvious
from what the IP address looks like. The division isn’t in a fixed place
either. This is because not all subnets have the same size. Subnets can
be small (16 computers) or very large (16 million computers).
To indicate which part of an IP address is the subnet, and which is the
computer identification, IP uses a
A.2.2
Subnet mask
The subnet mask defines which IP addresses are ‘local’ (i.e. are part of
your subnet) and which are not local (but have to be reached via the
internet). Compare this to calling someone via telephone: you can reach
‘local’ numbers by just entering the subscriber’s number, but for numbers
that aren’t local you need the area code plus the subscriber’s number.
The subnet mask looks like an
. When you translate the
subnet mask to a binary number, it breaks down into two sections: first a
series of 1s and then a series of zeroes (e.g. a subnet mask of
255.255.255.0 translates to 11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000). The
1s identify the network portion, the zeroes identify the node portion of the
address. The subnet mask in this example has 8 bits available for local
addresses (i.e. 256 different local addresses can be used).
An example: on a computer, the network settings are defined with an IP
address of 192.168.201.173 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.224.
These would be represented in binary like this:
Table A-2 Sections of the IP address
Part
Identifies
Description
First part
All addresses on
the subnet share
this part of the IP
address.
subnet (local
network) to which
the computer is
attached
This part of the address is
also known as the ‘network
portion’. It is similar to the
area code of a telephone
number.
Second part
the individual
device
This part of the address is
also known as the ‘node
portion’. It is like the
subscriber number in a
telephone number.
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