Thursday, 18 February 2016

Subnet Mask


Subnet Mask
  • A subnet mask is a screen of numbers used for routing traffic within a subnet
  • Once a packet has arrived at an organization's gateway or connection point with its unique network number. 
  • It can be routed to its destination within the organization's internal gateways using the subnet number. 
  • The subnet mask consists of a screen of numbers indicating to the router which numbers it should look at underneath. 



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