This week, we learned all about how IP addresses work, subnet masking, address assignment by hand and through DHCP, and how datagram forwarding works.
I found this week tough because the textbook only gave high level overviews of each concept, and figuring out how to do the homework problems required a lot of thinking and searching around for information. I enjoy flipping bits and masking them, but I need a lot more studying and practice when it comes to allocating IP addresses through different subnets by hand. I found some cheat sheets that were somewhat useful, but I still want to understand the concept thoroughly.
Assigning IP addresses by hand and datagram forwarding reminds me of the first time I learned about bitwise operations (e.g. left shift, right shift, AND, XOR, two's complement) and how confusing they were to me at first but eventually became second nature. Now, I am determined on mastering the ins and outs of IP addresses!
I found this week tough because the textbook only gave high level overviews of each concept, and figuring out how to do the homework problems required a lot of thinking and searching around for information. I enjoy flipping bits and masking them, but I need a lot more studying and practice when it comes to allocating IP addresses through different subnets by hand. I found some cheat sheets that were somewhat useful, but I still want to understand the concept thoroughly.
Assigning IP addresses by hand and datagram forwarding reminds me of the first time I learned about bitwise operations (e.g. left shift, right shift, AND, XOR, two's complement) and how confusing they were to me at first but eventually became second nature. Now, I am determined on mastering the ins and outs of IP addresses!
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