IP adresses and Subnets

** IP ADDRESS** In real life, let's say you want to find a place or you want to reach a place you need to know the location or precisely the address of that place. Similarly in computers IP address is used to know or denote a particular computer that is connected under the same network. Basically, every node(device) connected under the same network has a unique address known as IP address. Example of an IP address: 10.1.32.12 Each part has 8 bits and can store 0-255 values. ** SUBNETS ** In a large network, communication between different devices take too much time or is unnecessary. Here, Subnets helps separate or breakdown the network into different parts so that communication is easier and not unnecessary. Imagine in a college it has one Public IP(large network) here we use subnets for each block or department so that communication in the department is fast and effective. *How Subnets and IP address work * Every IP belongs to a subnet. Subnets tell you the number of ip's or the the