Diff: Subnet

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+### Index ### 

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+!! Explanation 

 '''A Subnet is a subdivision of a [TCPIP TCP/IP] network.''' 

 

 Subnets can be large or small, but generally, smaller subnets make for more efficient [Routing]. 

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 192.168.70.32 would be your Network Address 

 192.168.70.47 would be your Broadcast Address 

 

+!! Calculators 

 These numbers were calculated using the online subnet calculator at (http://www.telusplanet.net/public/sparkman/netcalc.htm http://www.telusplanet.net/public/sparkman/netcalc.htm). 

 There are also various free subnet calculators for Windows and Linux downloadable from the net.  (http://www.google.com.au Google) will find them for you. 

 

+If you run the (http://www.shorewall.net/ Shorewall firewall) available for Linux then an ipcalc command has been available since version 1.4.6 

+      '''ipcalc [

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/ ]''' 

+Example: 

+      root@wookie:# shorewall ipcalc 10.10.144.48/28 

+        CIDR=10.10.144.48/28 

+        NETMASK=255.255.255.240 

+        NETWORK=10.10.144.48 

+        BROADCAST=10.10.144.63 

+!! Melbourne Wireless Subnets 

 From [LocFinder], '''Melbourne Wireless''' nodes are allocated subnets from the 10.10.0.0/16 address range.  Upon request, individual nodes are given '''/28''' subnets giving them 14 usable addresses per subnet.  In the near future, nodes may request smaller subnets if they wish.