Question

Given the IP address of a host - 192.168.10.56 and the netmask -

255.255.255.240, What is the Network address? How the network address is

determined? ​

Answer 1

Answer :-

To get the network portion of an IP address, you must perform a binary AND of the IP address and its netmask. The host portion is a binary AND of the inverted netmask (bits flipped between 0 and 1).

Answer 2

An Internet Protocol address is a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. An IP address serves two main functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing