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Networking Foundations: IP Addressing

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Learn about the basics of IP addressing in networking, from how IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are formed to how to configure DHCP.

Syllabus

Introduction

Welcome to this course
What you should know

1. IP Addressing Basics

The IP address and its purpose
Expressing IP addresses
IP addressing structures and functions
IP addressing examples in modern networks
Challenge: Examining IP addresses
Solution: Examining IP addresses

2. IP Address Components

Classful addressing
Subnet masks
Subnet addressing
VLSM
Broadcast addressing
IPv6 addresses
Challenge: Subnet masks
Solution: Subnet masks

3. CIDR and Aggregation

IP address prefixes
IP address aggregation
Challenge: IP address aggregation
Solution: IP address aggregation

4. Special Use Addresses

IPv4 to IPv6 translators
Multicast addressing
Anycast addressing

5. Some IP Services

Introducing DHCP
Configuring DHCP
Introducing DNS
Configuring DNS
RFC 1918 addressing
Introducing NAT
Challenge: IP services
Solution: IP services

Conclusion

Next steps

Taught by

Anthony Sequeira

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