A subnetwork, or subnet, is a logically visible subdivision of an IP network. The practice of dividing a single network into two or more networks is called subnetting and the networks created are called subnetworks or subnets.

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Trying to create a subnetwork with dd-wrt [closed]

I have a very dumb router issued to me by my ISP. It won't allow much control over anything. No static routing. Won't recognise devices on its network that it didn't assign the address to. No wifi. ...
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Communication between different subnets with different masks [closed]

I was wondering if there is any way to communicate between two networks with different mask. For example: Network 1: 192.168.0.0 / 29 Network 2: 192.168.0.8 / 28 (which takes from the last possible ...
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Identify Subnet class from ip address [closed]

This is my lecture question and I am just checking with the experts here, please help and not down vote as these are basics and I am just seeking help. Tks in advance This is the question Internet ...
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rhel one server with two ip addresses with different subnet [closed]

I have a RHEL 6 Server. I have 2 ip's, one on the DMZ and another one on another segment. I need to have them communicate thru the IP's (meaning it needs to pass the firewall for the DMZ) but to no ...
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VMWare ESXi 4 not manageble from LOCAL subnet

I have an ESXi 4.1.0u3 standalone (clean install). Only vmnic0 is connected to management/clients. vmnic1 is temporarily connected to another network for transfering data. vmnic2 and 3 are teamed to ...
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Subnetting 2 subnets, 127 hosts on /24 class b network [duplicate]

I have an upcoming exam in networks communication. One of the available tasks for training on subnetting is the following: Suppose you are an ISP with a 132.1.32.0/24 address block. If 2 ...
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Limit Cisco IP phone to only one subnet ranges DHCP

We run stretched layer 2 and we have the e911 service setup to correspond for each location. We run different sub-nets for each location as well. I'm wondering if there is a way to limit a users ...
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a special case about subnet mask calculation [duplicate]

I have an IP addresses 192.168.2.0 and a subnet 192.168.1.0/10 And I have two questions. (1) Is 192.168.1.0/10 legal? As the 9th least significant bit is not 0. And if (1) is true, does 192.168.2.0 ...
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iptables for a /16 subnet with a /24 exception

simply put, i want to use these rules: iptables -I FORWARD -i br0.105 -d 192.168.0.0/16 -j DROP iptables -I FORWARD -s 192.168.0.0/16 -i br0.105 -j DROP but with the exception of the ...
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Port forwarding from modem to a subnet [migrated]

I have a webcam server that requires port forwarding to be able to access it from Internet, but the webcam server is located in a subnet and I couldn't make it work. Description of my setup: 1. There ...
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Using a CIDR range as a Routed Subnet?

I have a /29 subnet assigned by my ISP, with an SonicWALL office router and a Cisco voice router hooked up to a 'net-rail' of sorts with untagged VLAN switch ports connecting my ISP router's output ...
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MAC OS X Server Lion - how to join two subnets?

I've got two routers connected to two different providers. I also have Mac OS X Lion server connected to both of them, so it looks like this: [INTERNET] [INTERNET] | ...
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Number of subnets in this network [duplicate]

Is it correct to say that there are 2 subnets in the network in the image below?
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“Destination port unreachable” when pinging computer in another subnet [migrated]

In my home network, I connect to the Internet through a router (192.168.1.1). I also have another router (192.168.1.15, 192.168.2.1), this one using OpenWRT, configured as a wireless client. One of my ...
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How does broadcasting work on a server with multiple IPs?

Say you have two dhcp servers, A and B. Server A has two IP addresses, 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2. Server B has one IP address, 10.0.0.3. Server A has two instances of isc-dhcp running, one specifying a ...
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Setup website with public load balancer and private application servers [closed]

I currently have a website which i have configured like the following Public IPAddress1 - Runs apache load balancer, multiple instances of tomcat app server, database. I would like to split this ...
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OpenVPN Allow Servers to talk to VPN Clients

I have setup a VPC in Amazon with 2 subnets. The public subnet has a ip range of 10.0.0.XXX and a private subnet with a ip range of 10.0.1.XXX my OpenVPN sits on 10.0.0.100 and hands out ip from the ...
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Why does Windoes not allow the subnet to be the same as the subnet mask? [duplicate]

In Windows, I can configure a network adapter like this: Ip Address: 192.0.0.1 Subnet Mask: 224.0.0.0 but not like this: Ip Address: 192.0.0.1 Subnet Mask: 192.0.0.0 Why? Why can't the ...
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textbook CIDR subnet problems, the real world, and Cisco ip route [duplicate]

Assuming CIDR and classless addressing, the CCNA books I'm reading say Pearson 640-822 official cert guide 2012, pgs 403-404: According to their method S = P - N (subnet, prefix, host bits ...
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Can I split my colo WAN subnet? /27

I recently started colocating at a datacenter, and they provided me with a /27 subnet, let's say 192.0.2.112/27 , this translates to usable IP's .96 to .127. Because of a requirement in my network, ...
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Do I need to have multiple MX records that point to different IPs that are in different subnets even if I only have one dedicated server?

I own and operate a single dedicated server that offers shared web hosting space to my clients including email services. Is it possible to have multiple MX records for each client domain, and have ...
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Anonymous Samba share across subnets (without WINS?)

I'm trying to replace an old Windows 2000 server that is current set up with a number of open anonymous shares used by a legacy application that must remain in production for a few more years. I ...
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Running two subnets over the same physical LAN

One of our remote offices has given a security contract to a company that came in and set up IP security cameras and a server in our office. They clearly didn't know anything about integration of ...
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determine IP for device [duplicate]

I am configuring an eth1 interface on in Red Hat, but I don't understand exactly what the IP address should be. I'm given an IP of 10.237.128.0/25. This means that the NETMASK would be ...
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I have a very strange symptom in my network

I have a very strange symptom in my network, some times a ping to the remote computer doesn't work in the same subnet (same VLAN), for example: [Local Computer (IP:10.10.10.2/16)] --- ping ---> ...
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Small remote network fileserver access

I need to connect 4 separate offices to the same file server remotely. To achieve this the offices will be connected over the internet with BT ADSL using LAN to LAN VPN routers with the following IP ...
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Wireshark Promiscuous Mode and multiple Subnets

Is it possible to Sniff traffic with Wireshark where the source IP and Destination IP are on different subnets (of the same network) and neither of them are your IP? NIC is Intel 82579LM.
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Configuring a firewall appliance with 2 VLANs - how are the outbound links on the firewall configured?

We just ordered a sonicwall NSA 4500 firewall and I am preparing a network diagram for its arrival. We have 12 servers in a newly setup rack, a 48-port switch, and a Sonicwall NSA 4500 firewall I ...
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Using Microsoft DNS to respond based on requesting subnet

In our enterprise Windows Active Directory environment, we have some 50+ subnets scattered across a large geographical area. We have a system at each site that supports the site by providing a ...
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VPNs and subnets

I have built my own router on a machine with 2 NICs, running Debian. The machine sees my public IP address on one side, and the internal network (192.168.42.0/24) on the other. I am trying to set up ...
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How do I divide a network into smaller subnets using a single Layer 3 switch?

I have had trouble searching for help on this one, as most searches for VLSM, CIDR and layer 3 switching bring back very basic questions posted by students just starting their CCNA. I have a batch of ...
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What's the formal definition of the magic number of a network? [closed]

I know what the magic number of a network is. I know how to compute it - 2 ^ ((32 - n) % 8). I know what it's used for and how to use it. I don't how how to define it formally. In a recent interview ...
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redirecting router connections to different subnet

I'm pretty new at networking and I'm not sure how to make all router connections go to a different subnet. For example my subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 and I have three scopes: 10.0.1.1-255 / ...
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Subnetting Examples [duplicate]

I dont really understand answer to this following question. Can anyone break it down into simpler way? I hope someone can help me understand this. Thank you. assuming you have a 192.168.0/24. what ...
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Different Logical Subnet on same Physical network cause Linux Connectivity Issues

We have two Linux CentOS hosts, A and B. A = 19x.2xx.6.4 (/24) B = 19x.2xx.7.4 (/24) Both these hosts are on the same physical switch. The reason why they are on different logical networks is ...
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Routing between two routers with static routes

I have a Draytek 3200 router and a pfsense rackmount router that I am trying to get to route to each other. I have a subnet on each router and a subnet for the link between, as shown here: As it ...
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How to add statically-assigned subnet to Cisco 887VAW router?

As an IOS neophyte, I've been struggling to configure our office's new Cisco 887VAW ADSL router. After much head-scratching I've managed to sort the ADSL end out, and configured the router to provide ...
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Unable to connect to device across subnet

I have a network printer (Sharp copier) that I am unable to contact from a different subnet . I am on 192.168.100.x. The printer is on 192.168.200.x. I can ping (or remotely connect to) every other ...
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Rgd: Subnetting about 370 hosts on a /24 Network

Rgd: Subnetting about 370 hosts on a /24 Network I am doing subnetting for the following. There is a school, which got level 1 which is main lobby and 5 levels of classrooms ( level 2 to 6 ) I ...
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How to connect, through a wireless router, to a subnet, and have the clients join AD domain?

First I'd describe my subnet A: a AD controller, say, adcontroller.mydomain with IP 192.168.1.3 a DHCP and DNS server, say, dhcpdns.mydomain with IP 192.168.1.10 Now I have a CISCO WRVS4400N ...
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Best way to calculate optimal subnet masks for a range of IP addresses? [closed]

I thought I saw a tool like this once upon a time, but can't find it anymore... Anyone know a tool that would take a free range of IP addresses (as in start / end) and calculate a set of submasks ...
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Manage subnetting from simple router

I want to setup two different subnets in the same physical network with one router, these are my questions: Let's assume I want the first subnet like 192.168.1.0-254 and the second subnet like ...
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Network discovery across VPN and local subnets

This question is about interaction between VPN clients and local machines. I have a simple network on the subnet 10.0.200.0/24.  The router supports VPN.  The router forces the VPN IP pool to be on a ...
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IP Address Subnet [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How does IPv4 Subnetting Work? We currently have a: 192.168.3.0/24 Subnet. We are looking to make this subnet larger as we need about 500 IP addresses in the above ...
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SBS 2011 - Domain Computers Being Kicked into Working Offline Randomly and Frequently

Here is our current setup: 2 locations connected to each other via site to site vpn which is handled by a Zyxel USG50 on each end. Each location has 2 subnets in use. Each location has special ...
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How to allow an ip range on nginx…?

I want to allow IPs from 190.195.0.0 to 190.195.255.255 So, in my nginx config i put: allow 190.195.0.0/16; deny all; But it's not working. Any ideas? What am I doing wrong?
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need to figure out this subnet mask please is it correct? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How does IPv4 Subnetting Work? The largest subnet has 300 hosts so I am trying to workout the number of host_id bits I require for the mask but I am confused as each ...
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Cascade two firewall/routers to have one as proxy

In my small office I have a setup like this: {internet}->[dslmodem]->[firewall]->{LAN} Now I want to add a proxy into this. It is a Linux-PC that has also a small webserver. It has two interfaces ...
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Routing table connected entries different than interface assigned IP address

I have a HP ProCurve A7102DL router which has eth1 and eth2 interfaces. I currently have eth1 set as my WAN and eth2 as my LAN side. My eth2 has three IP address assigned to it which are A.A.A.1, ...
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Unable to ping gateway

Host: Windows Server 208 w/fixed IP plus 4 secondary IPs on diff subnet. Version: VirtualBox 4.2.6 Guest: Linux with fixed IP from Host's secondary IP list. Host has x.x.153.82 fixed IP, with ...

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