Chapter 8

8.1 IPv4 Network Addresses

1. ______is a representation of information using only ones and zeros.

2. What doespositional notation mean?

3. The term radix and base can be used interchangeably. What do they represent?

4. The base 2 numbering system only has two digits. These are:

5. Convert the following binary numbers to decimal.

______10101000______01010110______10111100

______01101010______01001011______01110001

6. What is the decimal range of each octet tin IPv4?

7. Convert the following decimal numbers to binary.

240 ______131 ______

211______220 ______

97 ______225______

8. An IP address is a hierarchical address that is made up of two parts. These parts are:

a.

b.

9. How do hosts know which portion of the 32-bits is network and which is host?

10. Three of the address below belong to the same subnet. Draw a line through the IP addresses that are not in the same subnet.

192.168.1.35255.255.255.0209.25.20.10255.255.255.0

192.168.1.1255.255.255.0192.200.1.15 255.255.255.0

10.250.1.1255.0.0.0192.168.1.125255.255.255.0

11. The prefix length is another way of expressing the subnet mask. Explain how the prefix works.

12. There are three types of addresses within the address range of each IPv4 network. These are:

a.

b.

c.

13. What is the purpose of the host portion of an IPv4 address?

14. What is the purpose of the IPv4 broadcast address?

15. It is common in many addressing schemes to use the first host address for what device or purpose?

16. What does the network address in a range of addresses represent?

17. What is ANDing?

18. There are four basic equations to AND numbers. Complete the equations below.

a. 1 AND 1 = ___

b. 0 AND 1 = ___

c. 0 AND 0 = ___

d. 1 AND 0 = ___

19. Use the ANDing process to complete the following chart.

20. Explain static assignment of IP addresses.

21. What types of devices are typically assigned static addresses?

a.

b.

22. Dynamic assignment of IP addresses is done using a protocol known as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). What information does DHCP automatically assign to local hosts?

a.

b.

c.

23. DHCP is generally the preferred method of assigning IPv4 addresses to hosts on large networks. Why?

a.

b.

24. IF DHCP is enabled on a computer what command can be used to view the local IP address?

25. In an IPv4 network, the hosts can communicate one of three ways. List and explain each.

a. ______–

b. ______–

c. ______–

26. What is a directed broadcast?

27. What is a limited broadcast?

28. Multicast transmission is designed to conserve the bandwidth of an IPv4 network. How does this reducenetwork traffic?

29. IPv4 has a block of addresses reserved for addressing multicast groups. This address range is:

From: ______To:______

30. Hosts that receive particular multicast data are called what?

31. What are the three private address ranges available for use?

a.

b.

c.

32. How are public address different from private address?

38. What is the 127.0.0.1 address used to test?

39. How are link-local addresses used?

40. What are TEST-NET addresses?

41. What are experimental addresses reserved for?

42. Explain what each of the three main classes of IPv4 addresses are used for.

Class A –

Class B –

Class C –

43. What is the purpose of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)?

44. What is the purpose of the five RIRs?

45. What is the purpose of an SIP?

46. Describe the purpose of the three ISP tiers.

a. Tier 1-

b. Tier 2 –

c. Tier 3 –

47. Draw a line through all the private addresses listed below.

10.10.10.5192.168.1.1128.16.6.1178.17.5.2

10.0.0.60192.0.0.6172.38.5.6115.255.255.255

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