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Ian Neil
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Ian Neil

Ian Neil is one of the world's top trainers of Security+. He is able to break down information into manageable chunks so that people with no background knowledge can gain the skills required to become certified. He has recently worked for the US Army in Europe and designed a Security+ course that catered to people from all backgrounds (not just IT professionals), with an extremely successful pass rate. He is an MCT, MCSE, A+, Network+, Security+, CASP, and RESILIA practitioner that has worked with high-end training providers over the past 23 years and was one of the first technical trainers to train Microsoft internal staff when they opened their Bucharest Office in 2006.
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IP Addressing

Everyone using the TCP/IP protocol for connectivity and every device has a unique IP address. In this section, we are going to look at the differences between the two types of IP addresses: IP version 4 and IP version 6. First, let's look at the purpose of an Internet Protocol (IP) Schema.

IP Schema

When you have a large network, you will split it down into smaller segments called subnets so that you are not flooded with a vast amount of broadcast traffic. Broadcast traffic slows your network down. What would happen if you were not allowed to sell any cars that you had owned but you had to store them on the road outside of your house? There would be no space for parking and it might get that bad that it causes traffic jams. The same can be said for broadcast traffic. It will slow down your network. Let us look at the purpose of subnets and reserved IP Addresses.

Subnets: This is where you divide your network into smaller segments. Each segment would have...

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CompTIA Security+: SY0-601 Certification Guide - Second Edition
Published in: Dec 2020Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781800564244

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Ian Neil

Ian Neil is one of the world's top trainers of Security+. He is able to break down information into manageable chunks so that people with no background knowledge can gain the skills required to become certified. He has recently worked for the US Army in Europe and designed a Security+ course that catered to people from all backgrounds (not just IT professionals), with an extremely successful pass rate. He is an MCT, MCSE, A+, Network+, Security+, CASP, and RESILIA practitioner that has worked with high-end training providers over the past 23 years and was one of the first technical trainers to train Microsoft internal staff when they opened their Bucharest Office in 2006.
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