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 ...

Almost every conversation I have with folks just learning about IPv6 goes about the same way; once I’m finally able to convince them that IPv6 is not going away and is needed in their network, the ...

This excerpt of a paper published by IEEE discusses how recent developments make it possible, pragmatic, and efficient to use the IPv6 protocol for low-power multihop wireless networks. Figure 1: ...

After recently working our way through UDP broadcasting and network subnetting all in the comfort zone of IPv4, it’s time to address the elephant in the room, the one wearing a bright neon ‘IPv6’ sign ...

Whether you need an IP subnetting cheat sheet or you're preparing for a Cisco Certified Network Associate, or CCNA, exam, this article shows you how to calculate a subnet mask, break down IP address ...

It’s been a week or more since I last posted to this blog. A week of pounding away at a long-overdue chapter for a new book to the complete neglect of almost everything else (barely remembered that ...

Like it or lump it, you're going to need to add IPv6 to your network. Here's how to start. Some people still think they don’t need to worry about the growing shortage of Internet IPv4 addresses and ...

Today, the standard methods for moving the network/host address boundary are variable-length subnet masking (VLSM) for host addressing and routing inside a routing domain, and classless interdomain ...

Fourteen years after the Internet visionaries at the IETF first developed IPv6, there are still a vast majority of IT people who do not know about IPv6. There is still a significant lack of ...

As we discussed in our previous post, IPv6 has finally arrived and is here to stay, with all measurements and data quickly pointing towards an IPv6-dominant future. So, what do public and private ...