From the course: Subnetting in Your Head
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Methodology overview
- [Bill] What really makes this method of IP subnetting different is that it works the way your mind works. If someone were to say, "What's six times five," you don't figure that out, you see it. Somebody used some flashcards when you were a kid or made you do your times tables. And we call that memorizing, but what it's really doing is making a mental imprint, a picture. In the same way, this method will enable you to see the IP subnets and to actually see what a change in subnet masks will do with the IP subnetting addresses. How it'll affect it. Not only that, but because it's fun to do, because it's fun to see, it'll stay with you as long as you use it every once in awhile. So instead of wanting to get away from the binary, from the ones and zeros dancing in your head, as quickly as possible you'll want to use this more and understand more about how to use it quickly to solve IP subnetting issues in real life as well as on certification tests. The ability to use pictures to see IP…
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