Net603 Currently we are going over binary and how it related to both the Ip address and subnet mask assigned to computers. As we can see in the picture illustrated above our IP address has two ways in which it can be viwed;the series of numbers we see when we look at the IP address when we look at our ipconfig (on windows) or ifconfig(Ubunto) such as 145.10.34.3(pictured above) This presentation of our IP address is so that humans can read the series of numbers much easier than if they were displayed the same way the computer reads the Ip address- a series of 8bit binary numbers which are 0's and 1's. Each Octet can hold up to 255 which can hold a wide range of numbers. If we had a look at the picture above we can note that the first three Octets from the left represent the network while the last Octet is left alone to be assigned to the users/hosts who join the network. Warren Lourens Blog Entry - NET603 WHAT Le...