Network Fundamentals

Classless Inter Domain Routing (CIDR) e Variable Length Subnet Mask (VLSM) were introduced to use the IP addressing space in a more efficient way, but also to improve the scalability for the global routing mechanism. Let’s see how CIDR vs VLSM get to work with IP addresses. The exponential growth of …

Ever wondered how the IP Address Classes are defined and used in the network devices? If so, keep reading! Electronic devices such as computers and routers rely on an internal binary architecture. They use bits that can only have two mathematical values: ‘0’ and ‘1’. The decimal/binary conversion is fundamental …

Do you know all about private IP address? In this article we analyze advantages, disadvantages and how they work in IPv6 networks.

An IP address is a unique identifier for a device connected to a network. It’s a 32 bits number that converted in decimal covers the range 0-4.294.967.296 (i.e. 2 power 32). If the addressing space wasn’t hierarchically organized, it would be possible to connect around 4.3 billions network devices. To simplify the use …

Defining an access control list may seem a challenging and complex task, especially to those that have just delved into the world of computer networking and network security. The aim of this article is to explain the role of access control lists and basic concepts used to understand them. The …

Cisco CCNA Training:  IP Addressing Part 1 Here’s a great video to help you get a better understanding of ip addressing.

In my previous post, I explained what is Software Defined Networking (SDN). As I wanted to keep the introduction simple, I avoided discussing SDN internals in that post. Now that you understand what SDN is, let us get into other details.   SDN Internals In SDN, sequence of packets exchanged between …

The whole data communication industry is bullish about Software Defined Networking (SDN). What is SDN? Is it really a game changer? I think nobody knows that for sure because it is still evolving. While there have been some companies which have deployed SDN in their Data Centers, it is still not …

Have you heard someone using a phrase ‘Can you ping me at 8:00 PM’ or ‘Please ping me when you are free’? I am sure you must have heard people using such phrases in their daily talks. I think its fairly obvious that they want the other person to check …

As part of securing a network, access to your devices needs to be restricted and monitored. This includes direct access to routers, switches and servers but it can extend to allowing users to log on to particular services such as logging on to your ISP. It would be a tedious task if, for example, on …