(14:14:00) (Daimaah) could someone briefly tell me what's subnetting about? :/
(14:15:42) (Gibbas) Splitting a newtwork in one or more parts.
(14:17:08) (Gibbas) Like, 192.168.0.1/24 equals the subnetmask 255.255.255.0
(14:17:21) (Gibbas) 192.168.0.1/25 equals 255.255.255.128
(14:17:35) (Gibbas) A /25 gives you 2 networks, with 126 hosts in each.
(14:18:28) (Daimaah) ok, so...
(14:18:35) (Daimaah) the host addresses in those networks are?
(14:18:58) (Daimaah) from what to what in #1 and from what to what in #2
(14:20:00) (Gibbas) .1-126 and the other one got .129-255
(14:20:23) (Gibbas) (since .127 is the broadcast address and .128 is the network number)
(14:20:43) (Daimaah) and they both use the subnet mask 255.255.255.128 (in tcp/ip config settings)?
(14:21:01) (Daimaah) (a funny way to ask but that's what makes it clear to me :)
(14:21:13) (Gibbas) :)
(14:21:14) (Gibbas) Yes.
(14:21:51) (Daimaah) and subnetting is important because....
(14:22:01) (Gibbas) ..you can split up a network logically
(14:22:03) (Daimaah) we dont want to spend extra IP addresses?
(14:22:13) (Gibbas) Right.
(14:22:14) (Daimaah) for each network
(14:22:33) (Gibbas) Say your company got a /24 network (255.255.255.0) and you got two offices, you could split the network up.
(14:23:05) (Gibbas) This is reasonable, because IP adresses aint cheap.
(14:23:14) (Daimaah) but... if it's a LAN...
(14:23:19) (Daimaah) why would it cost more? :/
(14:23:34) (Gibbas) If it's a lan, you have very limited use. :)
(14:24:05) (Daimaah) well, so... they do so because it's obvious, that they'll use the Internet
(14:24:19) (Daimaah) and every computer has it's own IP (for the internet)
(14:24:26) (Gibbas) Exactly.
(14:24:32) (Daimaah) and that's why they dont want to us 2x254 ip addresses?
(14:24:38) (Daimaah) use*
(14:24:39) (Gibbas) Right. :)
(14:24:43) (Daimaah) wow
(14:24:52) (Daimaah) now i kinda figured it out
(14:24:57) (Gibbas) :)
(14:25:15) (Gibbas) There are several cheat sheets out there.
(14:25:29) (Gibbas) Like this one; http://krow.net/dict/subnet.html
(14:26:02) (Daimaah) amout of a class C?
(14:26:05) (Daimaah) whaaat
(14:26:15) (Gibbas) A class C = /24
(14:26:26) (Daimaah) yeah, that i know
(14:26:39) (Daimaah) and /x i know :>
(14:26:58) (Daimaah) but... what's those numbers in the 3rd column?
(14:27:09) (Gibbas) So a /26 network is a 1/4 of a C (/24) network.
(14:27:17) (Gibbas) "one quarter"
(14:27:28) join: ([WinAmp]) (~a@84.20.228.4)
(14:27:40) (Gibbas) 1/2 = half, you know
(14:27:41) (Gibbas) :)
(14:27:54) (Daimaah) like... /24 offers 256 hosts
(14:28:02) (Daimaah) /26 one quarter of it
(14:28:07) (Daimaah) which is 64
(14:28:15) (Gibbas) Good boi!