Configuring the IP settings
To configure networking and the connectivity between these networks, you must understand and familiarize yourself with the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses and how they work. Computers can only communicate if they can identify each other. In this section, you will learn about the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
Understanding the IPv4 address
You have to assign a unique IPv4 address to each computer, which is connected to the network so that the computer can identify itself to the other network-connected computers. This IPv4 address, combined with the subnet mask, will determine the location of the computer on the network. You can relate this to a street name and house number to identify the address of a house.
In the following diagram, you can see an example of the IPv4 addresses on a network:
Figure 8.1 - An example of the IPv4 addresses on a network
In the previous diagram, you can see two different subnets. Computers located on their...
