IP addressing, any easy to understand guide?

[J. Lee]

The cisco press book on ccna doesnt explain it all that simply, using
binary and crap... the training class i had explained it easy using
How many computers, say 8 then 4 to the 2nd power minus 2 or somthing.
128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 0
cept i had to much ADD to pay attention. Any recomendations, im sure
theres somthing online, i dont wanna buy another book. but im sure i
could find it if necessary.

[munish]

Try www.learntosebnet.com

i used this site for the CCNA and it helped me to understand ip
addressing and subnetting.

[smudge]

www.learntosebnet.com isn't very good.....but www.learntosubnet.com is a
good site

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[Ron]

A very clear, easy to follow explanation of IP addressing can be found in
Todd Lammle's book, CCNA Study Guide (Sybex).
-Ron
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[Rob]

Yes, Todd's book is Ok, all things considered (minus some typos, here
and there).
Personally, I found the following books, very good for Subnetting and
IP addressing, CIDR, VLSM and the like :

Cisco the Complete reference , by Brian Hill ( excellent binary
examples)
IP Fundamentals by Thomas Maufer
IP Addressing and Subnetting by J.D. Wegner / Robert Rockell.

And as per every technical book, be aware : chapters on IP addressing
are the more prone to typos, so.... check the errata page for the book
you are reading.
When you start to "pick out" small typos and mistakes, it is a good
sign ! ;-)

One thing must be understood by the original poster: all other
"methods" are fine until you have to really understand what you are
doing or when you encounter an unusual scenario. I discovered many
times that the only way out of some difficult situations, is to do it
all in binary, either in your mind ( if you are good) or with pencil
and paper.

Then again, ADD for sure adds another variable in the mix, and makes
everything harder. I know, for I got a kid who is ADHD, and it ain't
easy...

I too went to the CNAP and I had a very good instructor, his "mantra"
was that we would never really understand addressing, Subnetting, the
works, until we could do it in binary in our mind. Everything else is
just shortcuts, but for things a little bit more complex, binary is
the way.

HTH

Robi.
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