Understanding the foundations of networking is paramount for any IT professional. Once you have a grasp of the basics, IP addressing is the next step. In this course, Timothy Pintello walks through the essential concepts, including common numbering systems and logical vs. physical IP addressing. He also discusses the IPv4 and IPv6 addressing schemes, and various IP addressing resolution techniques (such as DHCP and DNS).

Topics include:

• Binary, hexadecimal, and octal numbering
• How logical and physical addressing work together
• Comparing broadcast and collision domains
• IPv4 classless addressing
• Subnetting with IPv4 and IPv6
• IPv6 reserved ranges
• IPv6 link local, 6to4 tunneling, and 4to6
• Configuring DHCP and DNS in Windows Server
• WINS and NAT
• Port, packets, and remote access