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Networking Fundamentals

You're reading from   Networking Fundamentals Develop the networking skills required to pass the Microsoft MTA Networking Fundamentals Exam 98-366

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838643508
Length 510 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gordon Davies Gordon Davies
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Network Infrastructure
2. Differentiating between Internets, Intranets, and Extranets FREE CHAPTER 3. Understanding Local Area Networks 4. Understanding Wide Area Networks 5. Understanding Wireless Networking 6. Network Topologies - Mapping It All Out 7. Section 2: Network Hardware
8. Switches and Switching - Forwarding Traffic on a Local Network 9. Routers and Routing - Beyond a Single Network 10. Media Types - Connecting Everything Together 11. Section 3: Protocols and Services
12. Understanding the OSI Model 13. Understanding TCP/IP 14. Understanding IPv4 15. Understanding IPv6 16. Understanding Name Resolution 17. Network Services 18. Section 4: Mock Exams
19. Mock Exam 1
20. Mock Exam 2
21. Assessments 22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Assigning IP addresses to hosts

It is imperative that, when planning your network, you know which IP addresses can be given out to a host. Once you have identified the network address and broadcast address on a network, you can issue an IP address that sits between them to a host device.

Therefore, the first IP address you can issue to a host is the one immediately following the network address. The last IP address you can issue to a host is the one immediately before the broadcast address.

An IP address can either be assigned manually by an administrator or dynamically through Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). We will talk about DHCP in more detail in Chapter 14, Network Services.

Manually assigning an IP address to a Windows computer involves adjusting the IPv4 properties of the NIC itself. Since a device can have more than one NIC, ensure you are configuring the right...

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