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IP Addressing, Subnetting, DHCP & NAT

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Understand how an IP address splits into a network identifier and host identifier, how a subnet mask is used to find the network identifier, why IPv6 was introduced, the difference between routable and non-routable addresses, and the purpose of DHCP, NAT and port forwarding.

26 slides.

Lesson outline

  1. Retrieval: The TCP/IP Stack (from last lesson)
  2. Key Vocabulary
  3. Quick Check — Reading the Glossary
  4. What's Inside an IP Address?
  5. Splitting an Address: Network ID + Host ID
  6. Quick Check — Network ID or Host ID?
  7. Subnet Masking: How the Split Is Found
  8. Worked Example: IP AND Mask = Network ID
  9. Hinge Check — What IS a Subnet Mask?
  10. Practise — Finding the Network Identifier
  11. IP Standards: IPv4 and IPv6
  12. IPv4 vs IPv6 — Address Length and Address Space
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