The bits in the mask identify both hosts and subnets. The more hosts, the fewer subnets; the more subnets, the fewer hosts can be individually addressed. These bits become a tradeoff based on the ...

IP addresses on your company network consist of three parts: the network address, the host address and the subnet mask. The network address identifies your broad network, and host addresses identify ...

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The second part of a TCP/IP address that defines the subnetwork in which the device resides. The subnet ID number is shared with the host ID. See subnet mask and subnet mask tables. THIS DEFINITION IS ...

You don't need a router. If you set the subnet mask on all of the PCs to be 255.255.0.0, then they should all be able to ping each other. Basically, opening up the subnet mask puts all of the PCs on ...