What is a subnet mask, and the difference between a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and 255.0.0.0?
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My DSL/WiFi router provided by my ISP has an internal IP address of , the addresses provided by DHCP are in the format of . Now, I want to start using static IP addresses on my local network, and I don't know what to provide for the subnet mask. What is a subnet mask? Should I be using or as my sub…
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10.0.0.138
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The zero in the subnet mask will correspond to the of your IP address. If you need more than 255 different addresses, you'll have to change the DHCP IP's to 10.0.xxx.xxx (broadcast IP of 10.0.255.255) and the subnet mask to 255.255.0.0. Theoreticall…
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