[svlug] IPV4 Subnetting

[Rodney Crater]

Scott,

That is exactly the kind of comment I need. I did not even think of that!!
Thank you very much. You are not only helping me, you are helping all of my
future students.

Much appreciation,

Rod

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Hess" <scott at doubleu.com>
To: "Rodney Crater" <rcrater at earthlink.net>
Cc: <svlug at lists.svlug.org>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [svlug] IPV4 Subnetting


> My only gripe, more of a pet peeve, really, is that your very first
> example of "2^N - 2" uses N=2, so you get 2^2 - 2 = 2.  This class of
> example can be confusing, because some students won't be concious of the
> fact that 2+2 == 2*2 == 2^2, so they'll merrily go ahead and work out the
> next problem using their broken assumption, and then be totally wrong.
> Better to use something bigger, like 7 or 5.  2^5 - 2 = 30 is unambiguous
> all around.
>
> [2^3 - 2 is still a little ambiguous, as 2*3 also drops out 6.  2^4 - 2 is
> probably alright, though.  I just like when the example has all numbers
> with no distracting natural relationships, such as 2, 5, and 30.]
>
> Later,
> scott
>
>
> On Fri, 23 May 2003, Rodney Crater wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I will run this by you if you are interested, if not trash it.
> > For those of you interested if you find any holes or goofs let me know
> > please.
> > I would like to post this on my site for my Cisco I students if it seems
> > helpful to others.
> > Let me know if it helps Penguin Power, and if you have any questions
feel
> > free to ask.
> >
> > Rodney Crater
> > Northwest Iowa Community College
> > Networking / Computer Instructor
> > 712-324-5061 x220
> > rcrater at earthlink.net
> >
> > Smiles Galore = new *( ( Networking )( Computer.Teacher( const Awesome
> > YOUR_APPRECIATED_COMMENTS) ) )
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Penguin Power" <secure at realns.com>
> > To: <svlug at lists.svlug.org>
> > Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 2:39 PM
> > Subject: [svlug] IPV4 Subnetting
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I am trying to get ccna certified and im trying to understand the
concepts
> > > of subnetting class A,B,C networks to divide the network into
segments. I
> > > am trying to figure out what the easiest method of understanding it. I
am
> > stumped, is there
> > > anybody out there who has a very easy way of doing it? I need a good
> > > teacher :(
> > >
> > >
> > >
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