thedark Second Lieutenant
Joined: 30 Jul 2005
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:15 am Post subject: Characteristics of a routable protocol |
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| In order for a protocol to be routable, it must provide the ability to assign a network number and a host number to each individual device. Some protocols such as IPX only require that you assign a network number. IPX uses a host MAC address for the physical number. Other protocols, such as IP, require that you provide a complete address, as well as a subnet mask. The network address is obtained by ANDing the address with the subnet mask. |
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