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VLSM

Variable Lenght Subent Masks

  • Allow network administraters to define their owndmasks
    • customize the subnet mask to the specyfic requierments
  • Use diffren subnet mask in the same classfull network
    • 10.00.0/8 is the class A netwrok
    • 10.01.0/24 would be VLSM
  • subnet classes are inefficient
    • The subnet mask is based on the network class > [!example]- Calculating subnet and host > SubnetAndHost_visual.png

[!quote] subnet construction