I have a networking situation where some tools can or can't communicate between two devices on the same LAN but differing subnet masks (it's an error, will be corrected). The question is why do some ...

Subnet Mask divides the IP address into two segments and informs the computer which part is the network bit and which one is the host bit. For example, if there is an IP address: 192.168.0.1, it will ...

I've got a DSL connection from southwestern bell. I checked the IP on my router, and see xxx.xxx.244.255. now, if I'm not mistaken, that should be the broadcast address...and my subnet mask is 255.255 ...