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In this article, we will run you through DHCP & DNS, i.e Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol & Domain Name System. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) … Read more
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) is a network protocol used to find out the hardware (MAC) address of a device from an IP address. It is used … Read more
It is a 16-bit number used to identify specific applications and services. TCP and UDP specify the source and destination port numbers in their packet headers, … Read more
One other important protocol in the TCP/IP suite is User Datagram Protocol (UDP). This protocol is basically a scaled-down version of TCP. Just like TCP, this … Read more
One of the main protocols in the TCP/IP suite is Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). It provides reliable and ordered delivery of data between applications running on … Read more
The TCP/IP suite is a set of protocols which we use on computer networks today (most notably on the Internet). It provides an end-to-end connectivity … Read more
Traceroute is a command-line interface based tool uses to identify the path used by a packet to reach its target. This tool also uses ICMP messages, … Read more
It is perhaps the most common tool to troubleshoot a network. Ping (Packet Internet Groper) is available in the most operating systems. It is invoked using a ping … Read more
CIDR (Classless inter-domain routing) is a method of public IP address assignment. It was introduced in 1993 by Internet Engineering Task Force with the following goals: … Read more
There are a couple of ways of creating subnets. In this article we will subnet a class C address 192.168.0.0 that, by default, has 24 subnet bits and 8 host bits. … Read more